Sitting MLA Aftab Ahmed wins by 46K votes in violence-hit Nuh, BJP a distant third
Gurugram: Congress candidate Aftab Ahmed, deputy leader of the opposition in the outgoing Haryana assembly, has won by a margin of 46,963 votes in Nuh constituency.
While Ahmed has polled 91,833 votes, INLD’s Tahir Hussain Hussain 44,870 votes, and BJP’s Sanjay Singh 15,902 votes.
Congress leader Ahmed is the sitting MLA and has held the seat previously too.
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Nuh drew attention because Haryana’s ruling BJP is seen to have fielded Singh, the sitting MLA from neighbouring Sohna, in an apparent bid to polarise votes in the constituency that saw violence last year during a Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) yatra.Nuh, part of the Mewat region in Haryana, had witnessed communal violence in July, which significantly impacted the socio-political environment...