A day after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) secured the comfortable third term in Haryana, Chief Minister Nayyab Singh Saini, along with the party’s state President Manohar Lal Khattar, landed in Delhi on Wednesday (September 8) to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Singh is set to take oath as Haryana Chief Minister for the second…
The vote share of the BJP and Congress turned out to be close even though the saffron party won the elections with a simple majority. The BJP received 39.94 per cent votes, while the Congress managed 39.09 per cent in the assembly polls. Both parties got more votes this time than the last state polls…
Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Saini greets supporters after winning the Assembly elections from Ladwa constituency, at Ladwa, in Kurukshetra district, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024. (Image Source: PTI) Wrestler and Congress candidate from Julana seat Vinesh Phogat celebrates her win in Haryana Assembly polls, in Jind, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024. (Image source: PTI) The BJP replaced…
Nayab Singh Saini led the BJP to a thumping victory in Haryana despite leading the party for seven months before the assembly elections in the state. The party made several massive reforms within the state government, including the introduction of schemes, to fight anti-incumbency in the state. The party also dropped several sitting MLAs, including…
The exit polls for the Haryana Assembly elections pointed to a big BJP upset and a massive Congress victory. Although exit polls have been known to get the election results wrong in the past, they can give one an idea of what lies in store for the people of a state for the next five…
Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Saturday evening asserted that the BJP will form the government for a third time with a big mandate. He claimed this after several exit polls predicted the Congress party’s victory in the Haryana assembly polls. Speaking to reporters in Kurukshetra after polling was over, Saini said in the…
Several exit polls on Saturday predicted a decisive win for the Congress in the Haryana Assembly elections, forecasting a clear majority for the party in the 90-member house. In contrast, most exit polls also indicated a higher tally for the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) than for the Jannayak Janta Party (JJP), with several suggesting the…
Over 36 per cent polling was recorded till 1 pm in the Haryana assembly election on Saturday in which the ruling BJP is eyeing a third term while the Congress seeks a comeback after a decade. Chief Electoral Officer Pankaj Agarwal said voting was going on peacefully. He said voting began at 7 am and…
In Haryana, a Congress rally led by Deepender Hooda has sparked outrage after an alleged molestation incident involving a female party worker. Congress MP Kumari Selja raised concerns, stating that the woman had confided in her about the incident, confirming inappropriate behaviour by individuals on stage. “I spoke to her, she told me that some…
The polling has begun to elect the 90-member legislative assembly in Haryana, where over 1,000 candidates are in the fray including Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini, Congress’s Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Olympic wrestler Vinesh Phogat and India’s richest woman Savitri Jindal. The ruling BJP is eyeing a hat-trick of wins in the state while the Congress…