As the counting of votes in the Haryana Assembly elections continues, the BJP has surged ahead, leading in more than half of the state’s constituencies, according to the Election Commission’s latest update at 10:45 am. The BJP is ahead in 46 out of 90 constituencies, with Congress trailing behind, leading in 37 seats. Independent candidates are leading in 5 seats, while 1 seat each is led by the INLD and BSP.
Exit polls had predicted a Congress victory, but if the current trend holds, the BJP is set for a third consecutive win in the state. Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini is leading in the Ladwa constituency by 840 votes over Congress’ Mewa Singh. Meanwhile, Congress leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda is leading from the Garhi Sampla-Kiloi seat with a margin of 16,823 votes over BJP’s Manju.
BJP leader Anil Vij said that the people of Haryana are teaching Congress a lesson. “We can see the people of Haryana teaching a lesson to Congress. In the morning, they opened their ‘Jhooth ki dukaan’… Within Congress, there are people who want Hooda to lose, and they were the ones bursting crackers,” he told ANI. Vij himself is trailing in the Ambala Cantt constituency, where Independent candidate Chitra Sarwara is leading by 1,199 votes after the second round of counting.
BJP leader Shehzad Poonawalla asserted that the BJP is set to form the government for a third term. “This victory reflects the strength of India’s democratic traditions. Our government has been formed twice in Haryana and will be formed for the third time. The results show the people’s faith in the work of the BJP.”
“BJP has worked a lot for the development of Haryana in the past ten years…BJP has worked with honesty for all sections of the society…Our government will continue to work for the development of Haryana and BJP will be forming the government in Haryana for the third time…BJP worked with honesty whereas Congress did a lot of corruption,” he said.
However, the Congress feels that these are just initial trends and the final result will see the Congress emerge victorious.
” As per the current trends, Congress is going to form the govt… the party will decide (CM face) …Congress will bring its own majority…credit goes to party, Rahul Gandhi, Mallikarjun Kharge, all party leaders and people of Haryana,” he said.
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