23:15 (IST) Oct 09
'Congress lost its support base under Rahul Gandhi's leadership': Dharmendra Pradhan
"In Indian politics, Rahul Gandhi is a leader who is repeatedly promoted by the Congress but, he loses elections every time. Congress lost elections in 2019 when he was the president, Congress lost elections when he was the vice president, he himself lost the Lok Sabha elections in 2019. Under his leadership, Congress lost its support base in many states and Congress was almost wiped out... The Congress party repeatedly puts Rahul Gandhi forward and every time he proves to be a complete failure in providing leadership to the Congress. But the dilemma of Congress is that it can neither think nor do anything outside one family. Because Congress has no existence outside the ambit of dynasty politics and whoever thinks outside this family in Congress has no existence in Congress," said Pradhan.
21:43 (IST) Oct 09
'Our biggest weakness was that we did not have an organization': Congress leader Ajay Singh Yadav
"When elections are held, winning is the biggest goal and at that time if the tussle for the CM post comes in the media then it is not a good sign for the party. First, take the mandate and after the mandate you claim who will become the CM and this cannot be decided by anyone individually, it is decided by the MLAs... So I believe there are many issues. There is also the issue of EVM, we saw that in many places even after running for 12 hours when the machine was brought back for counting its battery was 99 percent. Secondly, the statement given by Mamman Khan (Congress MLA) was very unfortunate and he should apologize to the public... Till date, we do not have district president or block president. So it is a matter of introspection that we should see how we can strengthen the party organization, our biggest weakness was that we did not have an organization," said Yadav.
20:39 (IST) Oct 09
'I was made to lost the election,' says Congress candidate Parvinder Pal
"I was made to lose in the election, the party itself made me lose by fielding a rebel candidate as part of a conspiracy. We feel that if Kumari Selja had come on time, the election results would have been different...An independent candidate was fielded and she got the support of BD gang - Bhupinder and Deepender... Deepender Hooda made Chitra Sarwara (former Congress leader and independent candidate from Ambala Cantt) contest and supported her. Congress workers were threatened not to support me and support the independent candidate. Such a big conspiracy was hatched by the Haryana Congress," said Pal.
20:15 (IST) Oct 09
'Whenever they lose they question EVMs': Assam CM
"Whenever they win they don't question EVMs. Whenever they lose they question EVMs. So this is an old practice. First of all, all Congress chief ministers should resign saying we are elected on EVMs and we don't agree with such results. So once you resign then the issue will be taken into cognizance. But if you are a beneficiary of EVMs and you question EVMs then nobody will take it seriously," said Sarma.
20:08 (IST) Oct 09
'People of Haryana given a lesson to Congress': Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma
"Definitely, the people of Haryana have given a lesson to the Congress party that you cannot run a state by dividing the Hindu society. Hindus are also aware of the conspiracy. Hindus also know how Rahul Gandhi is trying to divide the Hindu society. Haryana elections have shown that Hindus can stay united. And Hindus can see the notorious game plan of the Congress party," said Sarma.
20:04 (IST) Oct 09
'Rahul Gandhi should come out of political immaturity': Bihar deputy CM Vijay Kumar Sinha
"When the decision does not come in their favour, they will protest and spread confusion and when it comes in their favour, they will beat the drum. Such a mentality is fatal for democracy. Rahul Gandhi should come out of political immaturity and respect the constitutional institutions and believe in the Constitution," said Sinha.
19:38 (IST) Oct 09
' We need concrete answers supported by evidence': Congress leader Pawan Khera
"We brought to their notice about seven assembly segments where our candidates have apprised us of batteries which showed 99% charge on the day of the morning of the counting which is impossible because the same machines and same batteries have been used on the day of the polling the entire day and then they are kept in the strong room... So after so many days, the battery doesn't get consumed at all and it shows 99%. It is unnatural... That's what we brought to their notice... There are 13 more assembly constituencies where we are getting the complaints. We will send them the complaints... They assured us that they would respond to our questions...but assurances won't work. We need concrete answers supported and backed by evidence... What has the BJP got to do with it? This is between the Opposition and the Election Commission of India," said Khera.
19:16 (IST) Oct 09
'Over-confidence is harmful in politics': Raghav Chadha
"I would consider the Haryana results as Congress' loss more than BJP's victory. Recently, Assembly polls were held in Haryana, and Jammu and Kashmir. While the (Congress-NC) alliance contested the polls unitedly in Jammu and Kashmir and won, the alliance failed in Haryana. This teaches us that over-confidence is harmful in politics and we should focus on reality and pragmatism. The (Haryana) results could've been different had we (AAP and Congress) contested the polls unitedly," says AAP MP Raghav Chadha.
18:54 (IST) Oct 09
'Election Commission assured us that they will look into the matter': Pawan Khera
"The Election Commission has assured us that they will look into this matter and they will reply to us after consulting their returning officers from each constituency. Complaints were from 20 Assembly constituencies. We have presented the documents of the complaints to ECI. Complaints from 13 more Assembly constituencies will be submitted to ECI in the next 48 hours," said Khera after meeting EC official.
18:46 (IST) Oct 09
'We want VVPAT slips to be matched with EVMs': Haryana Congress president Udai Bhan
"We have put forward all the issues as to how EVMs have been hacked. The Chief Minister (Nayab Saini) himself said that all the arrangements have been made and we will form the government, then this is all a matter of doubt. When the battery is used the whole day, then it will definitely go down, it cannot be 99%. We told the Election Commission about it. We want VVPAT slips to be matched with EVMs so that the truth can be revealed," said Udai Bhan.
18:43 (IST) Oct 09
'We demand EVMs should be sealed and secured until the investigation is complete': Pawan Khera after the Congress delegation met EC officials over Haryana elections results
"Today, KC Venugopal, Ashok Gehlot, Jairam Ramesh, Ajay Maken, Bhupinder Singh Hooda and other party leaders met the officials of ECI. We told ECI about the 20 complaints of which 7 are in written complaints from 7 constituencies. There were machines which were at 99% and other normal machines were at 60-70% on the day of counting. We demanded that those machines should be sealed and secured until the investigation is complete. We also told ECI that in the next 48 hours, we will also present the remaining complaints to them," said Khera.
18:03 (IST) Oct 09
Former Haryana CM Bhupinder Hooda arrives at EC office in connection with Haryana poll results.
17:49 (IST) Oct 09
'Rahul Gandhi is India's Gorbachev,' says BJP MP Nishikant Dubey
"Rahul Gandhi is India's Gorbachev. What does he want? He meets Ilhan Omar who advocates for a separate Kashmir. He meets Khalistan separatists who want to divide Punjab from India. He supports illegal immigrants from Bangladesh. He wants to divide the country. He has no ideology... This is why Haryana has given such a mandate... We will win Jharkhand with more than 2/3rds majority," said Dubey.
17:39 (IST) Oct 09
Congress delegations reached EC office in connection with the Haryana Assembly Election results.
17:31 (IST) Oct 09
Haryana assembly elections: India's richest woman Savitri Jindal backs BJP, says 'for development of Hisar'
Savitri Jindal, the richest woman in the country who won Haryana elections as an independent, extended support to BJP who is all set to form government in the state for the historic third time. While extending the support, Jindal said she was backing the party "for the development of Hisar". "For the development of Hisar, for the people to know about the place, I have decided to support the BJP government," ANI quoted Savitri Jindal as saying.
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17:08 (IST) Oct 09
Haryana Assembly Elections Results
"Congress started making allegations right after the election results for Jammu and Kashmir and Haryana were declared. It is unfortunate that the LoP of the country (Rahul Gandhi) is naïve and makes irresponsible statements. It seems like the Gandhi family's only purpose is to keep making baseless allegations of Indian agencies," says BJP leader Gaurav Bhatia
16:42 (IST) Oct 09
Haryana CM Nayab Singh Saini meets Union Minister and former Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar in Delhi.
The Election Commission of India (EC) on Wednesday wrote a strong-worded letter to Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge on party's allegations regarding the Electronic Voting Machine (EVMs) in recently-concluded Haryana assembly elections and termed the statements of party leaders Pawan Khera and Jairam Ramesh "far from a legitimate part of free speech and expression".
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16:39 (IST) Oct 09
Haryana CM Nayab Singh Saini meets Union minister and former Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar in Delhi.
16:22 (IST) Oct 09
Savitri Jindal extends support to BJP
Independent MLA from Haryana's Hisar Assembly seat, Savitri Jindal extends support to BJP. She says, "...For the development of Hisar, I have decided to support the BJP government."
16:00 (IST) Oct 09
Savitri Jindal meets Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan
BJP MP Naveen Jindal, his mother and Independent MLA from Haryana's Hisar Assembly seat, Savitri Jindal meet Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and BJP MP Biplab Kumar Deb, in Delhi.
15:46 (IST) Oct 09
Haryana Assembly Elections results
A delegation of Congress Party including KC Venugopal, Ashok Gehlot, Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Pratap Singh Bajwa, Dr Abhishek Manu Singhvi, Jairam Ramesh will meet the Election Commission of India today at 6 PM at Nirvachan Sadan.
15:24 (IST) Oct 09
'Congress has morally won the election in Haryana,' says Telangana minister Duddilla Sridhar Babu.
"In Haryana, morally Congress party has won the election. We have so many doubts in terms of a ballot exercise which has been done. Ultimately we have to respect the people's verdict. Our senior Congress leadership and the Haryana leadership are trying to analyse the results. PM Modi had said that Congress has been instigating the public, farmers and others. They are trying to conspire to bring anarchy," said Babu.
14:50 (IST) Oct 09
Independents Rajesh Joon and Devender Kadyan back BJP in Haryana
Independent MLAs Rajesh Joon and Devender Kadyan extend their support to BJP in Haryana. BJP is set to form the government in the state for the 3rd time.
14:31 (IST) Oct 09
They tried to spread lies among the Dalits: PM Modi
"They tried to spread lies among the Dalits, but the Dalit community saw through their intentions. They understood that Congress wants to snatch away their reservations and divide their vote bank"
13:50 (IST) Oct 09
Congress fights elections on completely communal and casteist lines: PM Modi
Congress fights elections on completely communal and casteist lines. Dividing the Hindu society and making it their winning formula is the basis of Congress's politics. Congress is suppressing the Indian tradition of 'Sarvajan Hitaye - Sarvajan Sukhaye', it is suppressing the Sanatan tradition.
13:26 (IST) Oct 09
'BJP must look towards addressing the grievances of people': Robert Vadra
"The experiences that I have with women wrestlers, farmers and people - they all are surprised by the results. I will say that to whomever people have elected, we should look towards the development of the state... They (BJP) use my name always, but the Khattar govt has given me clean chit twice over those allegations that they put against me... They (BJP) must look towards addressing the grievances of people as they have been elected for the third term."
13:23 (IST) Oct 09
'When Congress was leading they were celebrating, when they started losing they blamed EVM, it's their duality': Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde on J&K and Haryana assembly elections results
"Haryana election victory (for the BJP) is a huge victory, it's welcoming for the country. I congratulate the people of Haryana, J&K and PM Modi. PM Modi became the PM for the third term and the BJP won the third consecutive term in Haryana as well. Party workers of BJP, NDA and RSS - all have worked hard for this... When Congress was leading they were celebrating, when they started losing they blamed EVM, it's their duality... The people have made up their mind that wherever there is a double-engine govt, there is development in the state with the help of the central govt. Here (in Maharashtra) the leaders of MahaVikasAghadi are saying that Congress was in overconfidence. Congress was spreading fake narratives and they were spreading enmity between castes... Those who are arrogant - Raavan had also this arrogance and he was defeated. Fake narratives don't work all the time... The way the policy of development won in Haryana, similar things will happen in Maharashtra. We will put forth the works that have been done by us in the state before the people... People will see this and will again elect the Mahayuti govt to power..."
13:10 (IST) Oct 09
Shiv Sena's Saamana editorial criticizes Congress's overconfidence and internal conflicts as reasons for their loss in Haryana elections. It suggests Congress mismanaged a favorable anti-BJP sentiment. Other INDIA bloc partners, including AAP and CPI, also question Congress's approach and advocate for seat sharing in elections to avoid similar outcomes.
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13:08 (IST) Oct 09
'I thank the lakhs of people of J&K who have given up the politics of boycott and accepted polling and have put a stamp on PM Modi's politics of development and trust. The people of J&K have blessed PM Modi': BJP's National General Secretary Tarun Chugh
13:07 (IST) Oct 09
J&K Congress chief and MLA from Central Shalteng, Tariq Hameed Karra said
"Today, we were here to congratulate Farooq Abdullah formally... Let the meeting of their (NC's) legislative party happen and whatever needs to be done - extending a letter of support will be done later..."
On LG to nominate 5 MLAs, Tariq Hameed Karra says, "...this is unconstitutional and undemocratic and we have started action in this regard. Let us see to what extent we will be successful in it. But, if it's about their induction and their support to BJP - which is very obvious, I don't see any problem (in forming the govt) arising due to that."
12:07 (IST) Oct 09
Congress MP Rahul Gandhi expressed his heartfelt gratitude to the people of Jammu and Kashmir for their support while also acknowledging the party's need to analyze its 'unexpected' losses in the Haryana Assembly elections.
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11:50 (IST) Oct 09
'The people of India have saved the Constitution and democracy': Rahul Gandhi reacts to election results
11:45 (IST) Oct 09
Rahul Gandhi lauds citizens for protecting democracy, congratulates allies
Rahul Gandhi in a X post said, "My heartfelt thanks to the people of Jammu and Kashmir - India's victory in the state is a victory of the Constitution, a victory of democratic self-respect. We are analysing the unexpected results of Haryana. We will inform the Election Commission about the complaints coming from many assembly constituencies. Heartfelt thanks to all the people of Haryana for their support and to our Babbar Sher workers for their tireless hard work. We will continue this fight for rights, for social and economic justice, for truth, and will keep raising your voice.."
11:43 (IST) Oct 09
J&K Assembly elections live: Omar Abdullah's son Zamir Abdullah said
"Central govt tried to weaken J&KNC, as they know that if they want to put pressure on the people of J&K, it's the NC which is standing in between... Today, the people have responded to them. For us, unemployment, electricity...are the issues. Statehood is not an issue but right. It's our right, just like democracy... We will go to the court for sure (for statehood) but there will be a movement as well. We are nothing without statehood. What was done in 2019, they divided us. We were left with nothing. They brought LG here, who is not from here but he was made a king... People are behind us, we have the mandate, we are the government of J&K."
11:41 (IST) Oct 09
They lost from the place (J&K) where they had removed Article 370... INDIA alliance could not win in Haryana because the Congress felt they would win on their own and they did not need any other partner in power: Sanjay Raut
11:39 (IST) Oct 09
Assembly elections live: On the results of the assembly elections in Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut said
"Both states have their own importance, but Jammu and Kashmir was most important for the BJP... They lost from the place (Jammu and Kashmir) where they had removed Article 370... INDIA alliance could not win in Haryana because the Congress felt they would win on their own and they did not need any other partner in power. Congress leader Hooda Ji felt we would win. If they (Congress) had shared seats with the Samajwadi Party, AAP or other smaller parties, the results would have been different. I believe the election that the BJP has fought is very good. The BJP won a lost battle..."
04:55 (IST) Oct 09
Quantum of solace for BJP: Defeated but best show yet
BJP's dreams of forming its first govt in J&K remains unfulfilled but it emerged the second largest party by winning 29 constituencies in the maiden assembly polls post nullification of Article 370, improving on its all-time high of 25 seats recorded in 2014 elections.
The party had expected a better performance of independents against the mainstream parties in the Valley and form the govt with their support, but the NC-Congress combine swept the polls, gaining a clear mandate.
However, there is a sense of satisfaction among the BJP brass over a substantial rise in poll percentage across the region as they consider it as an endorsement of the Modi govt's decisions.
04:16 (IST) Oct 09
Haryana assembly elections: Infighting, Jat tilt put paid to Congress hopes in Haryana
The Haryana result reflects that Congress's singular focus on employment, Agnipath, development and law and order failed to take into account the persistence of Jat vs non-Jat politics in the state. While the party believed people's issues, with the added impetus of populist announcements, would sway voters beyond caste appeal, the poll result has belied its expectation.
After exit polls made Congress hopeful of a sweep in Haryana, result day was marked by a dramatic turn of events as the early trends soon got reversed. What appeared to be a close fight when counting started soon turned into a BJP show. It was nothing short of a shock defeat for Congress with its leaders alleging a conspiracy and saying that "democracy had lost and the establishment had won" in Haryana.
The Lok Sabha results in May, where Congress managed to win five of the 10 seats in the state, had shored up its organisation but it also raised the possibility of greater infighting as Bhupinder Singh Hooda emerged from the success as the Congress's sole face. The insecurities among other leaders pushed them into a sulk or led them to focus on their kin.
03:51 (IST) Oct 09
Haryana assembly elections: In season 3, BJP does better than 2014 show
BJP's response to what seemed to be very strong anti-incumbency working against the Manohar Lal Khattar-led BJP-JJP coalition govt started early, even before the Lok Sabha polls, and was ruthless: it dropped its CM (in March), who had been at the helm for nine and a half years, and JJP, its ally of over four years, to appoint Nayab Singh Saini as CM.
Saini (54), who like Khattar has an RSS background, belongs to an OBC community. This led to a consolidation of non-Jat votes that pushed BJP ahead of Congress in Haryana this assembly election.
BJP hasn't just notched its highest seat tally, it has also bagged its best vote share of 39.9%, beating the Modi wave performance of 2014 when it first formed govt in Haryana on its own. Its vote share then was 6 percentage points lower.
02:12 (IST) Oct 09
Haryana Election Results: Ram Rahim's former jailer posts win on 1st poll outing
In a fiercely contested race for the Charkhi Dadri assembly seat in Haryana, former jailer Suneel Sangwan - who came into limelight after he headed Haryana's high security jail in Sunaria in Rohtak where head of Dera Sacha Sauda Gurmeet Ram Rahim was lodged in 2017 after his conviction in rape and murder cases - registered victory in his very first election, reports Ajay Sura.
Ram Rahim was released from jail on parole several times while Sangwan was superintendent of Sunaria jail. But parole on these occasions was as per state govt's discretion in which a jail superintendent has no role to play. The jail superintendent can only grant emergency parole for a maximum of a couple of days.
02:03 (IST) Oct 09
Congress' loss may give allies edge in Maharashtra, Jharkhand talks
Congress's defeat in Haryana certainly came as an unexpected jolt to the INDIA coalition of opposition parties. But this "reality check" has also brought a sense of relief to the allies - regional parties, strong in their own domain - in terms of working out coalition deals, especially for the row of upcoming state polls. They will have to deal with a slightly more restrained Congress, rather than an exuberant and overconfident party that emerged after the Lok Sabha "victory" with 99 seats, which often led to it side-lining the demands of partners.
This was reflected early on Tuesday with Shiv Sena UBT MP Priyanka Chaturvedi losing no time in responding to early trends showing Congress falling behind BJP, saying, "Even after anti-incumbency BJP is winning... somewhere it shows that Congress will have to take a re-look at its own battle plans, look within itself, and take into account that whenever there is a direct fight with BJP, Congress seems to be falling weak. It has to rework the entire alliance..."
01:43 (IST) Oct 09
J&K Election Results: Hope PM Modi, Amit Shah keep vow to restore statehood: Omar Abdullah
NC vice-president Omar Abdullah struck a cordial note with Centre after PM Modi complimented his party's "commendable performance" in J&K polls, saying he looks forward "to a constructive relationship in the true spirit of federalism so the people of J&K may benefit from continued development and good governance".
Conceding in separate interviews to news agencies and TV channels that J&K could not afford an antagonistic relationship with central govt, Abdullah said both PM and home minister Amit Shah are "honourable men" and the restoration of J&K's statehood, as promised by them on the floor of Parliament and through their representative in SC "should happen at the earliest".
"Nowhere has BJP ever said - first there will be our govt and then statehood. The PM never said that. People of J&K have spoken and I hope the PM will now be magnanimous and restore statehood at the earliest," he stated.
01:25 (IST) Oct 09
Haryana Election Results: Hoodannit? Haryana results mystery leaves Congress clueless
Till Monday evening, it was like a Test match with a predictable end. On Tuesday, Haryana election results turned into a T20 bout, swinging wildly from a perceived Congress sweep to a winning show by BJP, which beat strong anti-incumbency, a buoyant opposition following a good Lok Sabha outing and exit polls to be back in governance for a record third straight term in the state.
BJP secured 48 seats, eight more than its 2019 result, achieving a comfortable majority in the 90-member assembly. The party surpassed its 2014 score, when it formed the govt on its own for the first time with 47 seats. Congress claimed 37 seats, Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) two, and Independents won in three constituencies.
Congress increased its vote share by 11 percentage points and its overall share of 39.09% was almost at par with BJP’s 39.89%.
Yet, the results came as a rude shock for Congress, which had been in celebratory mood since exit polls predicted its return with a huge majority. The party was outmanoeuvred by BJP’s strategy of focusing on OBC voters and division in Dalit votes.
01:22 (IST) Oct 09
BJP 1, NC-Cong 1, pollsters 0: Swings momentum back in BJP's favour ahead of slew of state battles
BJP snatched a record-making victory from the jaws of a widely predicted defeat in Haryana, returning for a third term. In Jammu and Kashmir, in its first election as a union territory, Omar Abdullah led National Conference to an emphatic win. Pollsters got both sets of predictions wrong, more dramatically in Haryana.
It was BJP’s best-ever performance in Haryana. And it looked even more impressive because it came despite 10 years of incumbency, in the wake of a underwhelming performance in the Lok Saha polls and near-unanimous pundit opinion that Congress was going to score a win of landslide proportions.
If the Haryana result, which enabled BJP to wrest back the momentum, once again underlined the hazards of predicting Indian elections, the performance of Omar Abdullah-led NC was no less impressive.
01:00 (IST) Oct 09
J&K Election Results: 5th straight win for CPM’s Tarigami in Kulgam
CPI(M) veteran Mohamad Yousuf Tarigami has secured his fifth consecutive victory in Kulgam constituency, defeating Jamaat-e-Islami candidate Sayar Reshi.
Tarigami has represented the constituency since 1996, winning the 2002, 2008, 2014 and 2024 elections. He received 33,390 votes, while Reshi, an independent candidate supported by the banned politico-religious organization Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI), got 25,639 votes.
People have defeated Jamaat’s polarisation of voters, Tarigami said, adding: “This is how they were exposed… It’s a loss for their demagogic politics, their double-faced and deceptive politics.”
22:31 (IST) Oct 08
Haryana Election Results Live: 'Should do serious introspection', says CPI's D Raja on Congress' Haryana polls performance
Communist Party of India general secretary D Raja said on Tuesday that INDIA bloc and specifically Congress should do "serious introspection" after the Haryana election results were announced, and also questioned why the bloc's parties could not trust each other during the seat sharing discussion before the election.
"The INDIA bloc political parties would have to do serious introspection, why there was no mutual trust between each other, why no mutual accommodation at the time of seat sharing arrangement. Congress primarily should do serious introspection, on why they failed to bring all other political parties which came together under INDIA bloc," D Raja told ANI.
He claimed that despite Congress' promises, several parties which were part of the INDIA bloc could not be accommodated during the seat sharing discussions.
"Congress would have to review and think over their own strategies and tactics at the time of seat sharing and arrangements in Haryana, otherwise the results would have been different. They have to do self-critical analysis. Several INDIA bloc parties could not be accommodated when the question of seat sharing came up, despite certain promises given by the party here and there. Otherwise the results would have been different," he added.
22:14 (IST) Oct 08
Haryana Election Results Live: Jharkhand and Maharashtra will also have similar results in the upcoming times, says Jharkhand BJP chief
"The people of Haryana have approved PM Modi's campaign to end corruption... Jharkhand and Maharashtra will also have similar results in the upcoming times," said Jharkhand BJP chief Babulal Marandi.
22:08 (IST) Oct 08
Haryana Election Results Live: Congress's Bharat Bhushan Batra wins by 1341 votes
Congress's Bharat Bhushan Batra defeated BJP's Manish Kumar Grover by securing 59419 votes on the Rohak assembly seat. Rohtak is one of the 90 assembly constituencies in Haryana, located in Rohtak district.
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The Congress raised concerns over alleged irregularities in some Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) during the counting of votes for the Haryana assembly elections and demanded an investigation into these discrepancies. The party has requested the Election Commission (EC) to seal and secure the EVMs in question until the inquiry is completed.
A delegation of senior Congress leaders, including former chief ministers Bhupinder Singh Hooda and Ashok Gehlot, along with AICC representatives K C Venugopal, Jairam Ramesh, Ajay Maken, and Pawan Khera, as well as Haryana Congress chief Udai Bhan, met with top EC officials to discuss the matter. The delegation submitted a memorandum to the officials, detailing specific complaints from various constituencies in Haryana. Senior party leader Abhishek Singhvi participated in the meeting virtually.
The Congress leaders claimed that there are at least 20 complaints, with seven of them in writing, from different assembly constituencies. Many of these complaints referred to EVMs functioning at 99 per cent battery capacity, while the average EVMs were found to be operating at 60 to 70 per cent battery capacity during the counting process.
Former chief minister Hooda expressed surprise at the Haryana results, stating that everyone believed the Congress would form the next government in the state. He pointed out that the Congress was winning during the counting of postal ballots, but the situation changed when the counting of EVMs began. Hooda assured that the Congress would submit more complaints to the EC in the coming days and that the EC has promised to look into the matter. Stay with TOI for the latest developments
