CHANDIGARH: It was Haryana which 'gifted' Indian politics a name for turncoats - 'Aaya Ram Gaya Ram' -- when then Hassanpur MLA Gaya Lal changed parties three times in a day in 1967. The defection by five MLAs of Haryana Janhit Congress, on which Punjab and Haryana high court ruled on Tuesday, was in line with the phrase for which the state is famous. TOI traces some important cases: *In 2009 polls, no party could get majority in the 90-member assembly. Both Congress and Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) were trying to form the government. At this juncture, five MLAs of Haryana Janhit Congress MLAs -- Satpal Sangwan, Vinod Bhayana, Rao Narender Singh, Zile Ram Sharma and Dharam Singh -- had joined the Congress party. Now, two of them are ministers while one is chief parliamentary secretary in the Bhupinder Singh Hooda-led government . *Before the 2009 assembly polls, BJP MLA Ram Kumar Gautam and INLD MLA Sushil Kumar Indora had left their parties to join the Congress. *An assembly legislator in 1967, Gaya Lal changed his political loyalties thrice in a day -- just months after Haryana was carved out of Punjab (November 1, 1966) and the state held its first assembly election. Interestingly, his son Uday Bhan, an Independent MLA from Hassanpur, also faced charges under the anti-defection law, for allegedly joining the Congress in 2004. *In 1982, despite being in a minority, the Congress was invited to form the government by then Haryana governor G D Tapase, reportedly forcing a fuming Devi Lal to grab him by the neck. Ved Prakash Vidrohi, who was then state secretary of Lok Dal and claimed to have witnessed of the incident, said Tapase gave Bhajan Lal a month's time to prove majority in the assembly. Then, Devi Lal and his 48 MLAs, including those from Lok Dal and BJP, went to his Tejakhera farmhouse in Sirsa district and at a hotel in Delhi. But an MLA ran away from the hotel by slithering down a water pipe. Nevertheless, Bhajan Lal succeeded to prove his majority in the House. *Bhajan Lal played another political stunt that remains unparalleled till day. He left the Janata Party along with 37 legislators to join the Congress, to become the chief minister of the state in 1980. Then, it was his name that became synonymous with the 'Aaya Ram Gaya Ram' syndrome. *In 2004, Republican Party of India MLA Karan Singh Dalal and Nationalist Congress Party MLA Jagjeet Sangwan left their parties to join the Congress party. "Mostly, MLAs join ruling party to become the part of government, but we preferred the opposition Congress," said Dalal. *In the early 90s, when Bhajan Lal had his government in the state, K L Sharma left BJP to join the ruling Congress. Later on, four Haryana Vikas Party MLAs -- Dharmpal Sangwan, Lehri Singh, Pir Chand and Amar Singh Dhanak -- had also joined the grand old party. *Haryana Vikas Party (HVP) and BJP alliance formed the government in 1996. Although Bansi Lal was forced to resign from chief ministership, when 22 HVP MLAs left the party and all, except Karan Singh Dalal, joined INLD. Later, Om Prakash Chautala formed the government with the help of BJP.