‘Thank Haryana For Supporting BJP Again’: State Party President Says Had Predicted Congress Will Blame EVMs

People of Haryana have showed confidence in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for the third time, said the party’s state BJP president Mohan Lal Badoli, amid the surprise win, despite all exit polls suggesting otherwise.

As the BJP crossed the halfway mark, Badoli said, “As I had said earlier, the Congress is blaming the EVMs. They have started to blame the Centre and ECI for the results [their loss].”

“I am grateful to the people of Haryana for showing confidence in BJP again. I welcome people’s decision. I am grateful to Haryana for showing confidence in the BJP.”

The ruling BJP has crossed the majority mark in the Haryana assembly and was leading on 49 seats, while the Congress was ahead on 35, according to the latest trends available on the Election Commission website.

Among prominent candidates, Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini, Congress leaders Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Vinesh Phogat, Udai Bhan, Independent candidate Savitri Jindal, were ahead on their respective seats.

However, senior BJP leader Anil Vij, INLD’s Abhay Singh Chautala and JJP’s Dushyant Chautala were trailing.

In the outgoing assembly, the BJP has 41 MLAs (including the Adampur seat won in 2022 bypoll), the Congress has 28 MLAs, the JJP (6), while the Haryana Lokhit Party and Indian National Lok Dal have one member each. There are four Independents, while nine seats are vacant.

Several exit polls have predicted a Congress victory in Haryana which recorded a voter turnout of 67.90 per cent. A total of 1,031 candidates, including 464 Independents and 101 women, are in the fray on Haryana’s 90 constituencies which voted in a single phase on October 5.

The BJP had formed the government in 2019 with the help of the JJP.

With PTI Inputs