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Haryana: BJP Hails Modi For Hat-Trick, Cong Cries Foul Over EVMs, AAP Points To ‘Overconfidence

Haryana Election Result 2024: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is set to form the government in Haryana for the third consecutive time, overcoming apparent anti-incumbency and significant losses in the Lok Sabha elections. This victory comes despite BJP's tally in the Lok Sabha dropping from 10 seats in 2019 to five and exit polls predicting a Congress government following this election.Haryana Election Result: BJP Credits PM Modi For Historic Third Term Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed the BJP's victory as a triumph of truth, development, and good governance. Speaking to party workers at the BJP headquarters, Modi declared that "the people of Haryana have stamped out falsehood."   Modi criticised the Congress, accusing the party of trying to provoke various sections of society. He st...
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Haryana Election: All Eyes On October 5 As High-Decibel Campaigns End, 1,031 Candidates In Fray

The high-decibel campaign in Haryana for the October 5 assembly polls ended on Thursday evening as the BJP aims to retain power for the third term even as Congress eyes a comeback after a decade. The polling for all the 90 constituencies in Haryana will take place on October 5 from 7 am to 6 pm, while the results will be declared on October 8. More than two crore voters are eligible to exercise their franchise in Haryana. Hours before the deadline of campaigning at 6 pm on October 3, parties, including the BJP, Congress, AAP, INLD-BSP and JJP-Azad Samaj Party made their last efforts to woo voters. Haryana Elections: Key Candidates  There are 1,031 candidates in the fray for the Haryana Assembly polls, including 101 women. A total of 20,629 polling booths have been set up for the elections....
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In Haryana, it’s the clash of the ‘Lal’ clans. 15 dynasts are gearing up for electoral battle

However, in an apparent bid to maintain their political relevance, the members of these families are now contesting elections against one other.According to Pawan Kumar Bansal, author of Haryana Ke Lalon Ke Sabrange Kisse, a book focused on the key events, personal anecdotes and political battles involving the three Lals and their families, Haryana’s political landscape has been significantly influenced by Bansi Lal, Devi Lal and Bhajan Lal.“These leaders have dominated not just state politics, but also made their mark on the national stage. The descendants of the three ‘Lals’ are active in the electoral fray, claiming stake to their respective legacies. Bhajan Lal’s descendant, Bhavya, is contesting from Adampur. Interestingly, in Bhiwani, the descendants of Bansi Lal, and in Sirsa, those...
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Haryana polls: JJP, ASP alliance releases second list of 12 candidates – Times of India

CHANDIGARH: The Jannayak Janta Party and Azad Samaj Party alliance on Monday released their second list of 12 candidates for the October 5 Haryana Assembly polls. While the JJP will contest Panchkula, Ambala Cantt, Pehowa, Kaithal, Ganaur, Safidon, Garhi Sampla-Kiloi, Pataudi, Gurgaon and Ferozepur Jhirka segments, the ASP will fight the Ambala City and Nilokheri constituencies. Among the JJP candidates, Sushila Deswal will take on Congress leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda from Garhi Sampla-Kiloi while Avtar Kardhan will take on BJP's sitting MLA Anil Vij from Ambala Cantt. ASP's Parul Nagpal has been fielded from Ambala City, from where Haryana Minister Aseem Goel is seeking re-election while Karan Singh Bhukkal has been fielded from Nilokheri, according to a JJP-ASP release here. The JJP ...
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Haryana Polls: Dushyant To Contest This Seat, JJP-ASP Make Slew Of Promises For Farmers

Chandigarh, Sep 2 (PTI) A joint meeting of the Political Affairs Committee and the Advisory Committee of the Jannayak Janta Party was held in Sirsa on Monday to firm up the party manifesto and discuss the names of the candidates for the Haryana Assembly polls. According to a party statement, JJP's senior leaders, including former deputy chief minister Dushyant Chautala, discussed important points of the party manifesto. The names of the potential candidates for the elections were also discussed in the meeting. During the meeting, Chautala discussed in detail various points of the manifesto being prepared by the JJP. The JJP and Chandra Shekhar Azad-led Azad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram) recently announced their alliance for the Haryana Assembly polls. The JJP will contest 70 of the 90 Assembly ...
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How Chandrasekhar Azad’s entry into Haryana politics & tie-up with JJP may impact Congress’s prospects

New Delhi: Former Haryana deputy chief minister Dushyant Chautala’s Jannayak Janta Party (JJP) Tuesday struck a seat-sharing pact with Chandrashekhar Azad’s Aazad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram), a move that may upset the Congress’s attempt to consolidate Dalit votes in the poll-bound state. On its part, the Congress dismissed the alliance as a non-starter, pointing at the JJP’s dismal performance in the recently held Lok Sabha election, and the complete absence of any organisational structure of the Azad-led ASP in Haryana. According to the 2011 census, the share of Scheduled Castes (SCs) in the population of Haryana stands at 20.2 percent, and as many as 17 seats in the 90-member Haryana assembly are reserved for Dalits, numbers that illustrate the community’s electoral significance. ...