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'Everyone should vote': Savitri Jindal appeals to people of Haryana

Savitri Jindal is contesting independently from Hisar constituency after being denied tickets by the BJP

Haryana elections: Congress corrupt, keeps repeating lies, says Khattar

He said Congress government was so corrupt that now all those agents and middlemen have been kept out of their jobs during the BJP rule

Haryana elections: Kejriwal urges voters to cast vote for better future

Delhi Chief Minister Atishi also urged the voters of Haryana to vote keeping key issues in mind

Haryana polls: Priyanka Gandhi urges people to vote in large numbers

She said this is the time to use your democratic right to give a blow to the power of injustice and oppression

Haryana elections: Our alliance will get huge majority says Dushyant Singh

For the 2024 Assembly elections, the JJP has formed an alliance with Chandra Shekhar Azad's Azad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram)

Haryana election: Voting begins for all 90 seats, 1,031 candidates in fray

Polling for all the 90 Assembly seats in Haryana began on Saturday morning amid tight security arrangements, officials said. The fate of Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini, Congress leaders Bhupinder Singh Hooda and Vinesh Phogat, besides the JJP's Dushyant Chautala and 1,027 other candidates, will be decided in the polls in which more than two crore people are eligible to vote. The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is eyeing a hat-trick of Assembly election wins in the state, while the Congress is hoping to return to power after 10 years. The counting of votes will be taken up on October 8. The voting is being held from 7 am 6 pm. Haryana's Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Pankaj Agarwal had earlier said 2,03,54,350 voters, including 8,821 centurions, are eligible to exercise their franchise. A total of 1,031 candidates are contesting the election, including 101 women and 464 Independent nominees. A total of 20,632 polling booths have been set up, Agarwal had said. Besides the BJ

Understanding Haryana's Dalit sub-castes and their political significance

Some analysts believe Dalits will support the Congress en bloc but others think that a major chunk of the community, especially some of the less dominant SC sub-caste groups, might vote for BJP

The shrinking presence of smaller parties in Haryana Assembly polls

The trend of smaller parties witnessing a decline in their vote shares has been sharper in the Lok Sabha polls, but it is noticeable in the Assembly polls too

Haryana Assembly elections updates: BJP will form govt in J-K, Haryana, says Shivraj Singh Chouhan

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Haryana election: Himanta urges action against drug-linked politicians

Sarma highlighted the Assam government's stringent actions against drugs and mentioned that during interrogations, suspects revealed they were transporting these substances to Haryana and Punjab

Haryana elections: Jobs, infra key poll plank in cities bordering Delhi

Progress in women's safety gets a thumbs up

ECI prescribed alternative id cards allowed while casting vote: Haryana CEC

If a voter's name is on the list but he or she do not possess a voter ID card, they can still cast their vote by presenting one of the 12 alternative identity documents prescribed by the ECI

Haryana polls: Setback to AAP after its Nilokheri candidate joins Congress

In a setback to AAP ahead of Saturday's Haryana Assembly polls, the party's Nilokheri (reserve) seat candidate Amar Singh joined the Congress on Wednesday. After joining the party, Singh said only Congress can defeat the BJP government which has been "unjust to farmers, women, Dalits, and minorities". He joined the Congress here in presence of Pratap Singh Bajwa, Leader of Opposition in the Punjab Assembly, the party said in a statement. Bajwa formally inducted Singh into the party, it added. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is part of the INDIA bloc, but is contesting the Haryana elections on its own after the talks between the Arvind Kejriwal outfit and Congress last month to forge an alliance for the state polls did not materialise. The fresh setback to the AAP in Haryana comes days after its Faridabad candidate Pravesh Mehta joined the ruling BJP on September 28. Mehta had joined the BJP in Faridabad in the presence of Union Minister Krishan Pal Gurjar, who is the BJP MP from Farida

Choose between development, destruction: Rajnath at Haryana rally

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Wednesday accused the Congress of not fulfilling its poll promises as he asked the people of Haryana not to be misled by the opposition and asserted the upcoming state election was about choosing between "development and destruction." Asserting the BJP fulfils its promises made to the people, he said the Centre provided Rs 78,000 crore for Haryana's development while Rs 21,564 crore was given to the state when the grand old party was in power. The Congress had given Rs 1,158 crore to farmers while the BJP gave Rs 13,276 crore in 10 years, Singh said at a public meeting in Haryana's Yamunanagar. Under the BJP's rule in the last 10 years, the youths in Haryana were given jobs only based on merit, he said, adding, "I can assure you that the youths will continue to get jobs without 'kharchi-parchi' (corruption and favouritism) when BJP returns to power." "The Congress made several promises. Had they implemented them even partially during their 50-55 years

Haryana Assembly polls updates: Whenever you wanted help, BJP backed down, says Priyanka Gandhi

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Haryana Polls: 225 paramilitary companies, 60k security personnel deployed

225 paramilitary companies and 60,000 security personnel have been deployed for the elections, said an official

'Mayhem in Meham': Haryana seat that earned infamy for violent elections

Dangi went to 'Meham Chaubeesi' for support. The khap ruled in favour of Dangi and conveyed its decision to Devi Lal, who rejected the organisation's validity. A political battle was on.

Days ahead of Haryana polls, brick thrown at Dushyant Chautala's convoy car

Just before Haryana's Assembly elections, a brick was thrown at a car in Dushyant Chautala's convoy, damaging its rear windshield. The incident happened when Chautala was campaigning in Jind

Govt to consider parole based on accuracy of Dera chief's plea: Haryana CEO

The Haryana government may consider Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh's parole subject to the correctness of facts mentioned in his parole plea and satisfying other conditions with respect to the Model Code of Conduct for elections, Chief Electoral Officer Pankaj Agarwal said on Monday. Singh has sought a 20-day parole ahead of the October 5 Haryana Assembly polls. With the model code of conduct in place, the sect chief's application for parole was sent to the election department which had asked the jails department to specify the "emergent and compelling" reasons behind the request that justify the release of convicts on parole during polls. The Dera chief wants to stay in Baghpat, Uttar Pradesh, during the parole, if granted. The jails department had forwarded the Dera chief's parole plea to the office of the Haryana CEO in view of the Model Code being in place for the assembly polls. "As MCC is in place for the elections, that is why it (parole plea) came to us for

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