Congress leader Bajrang Punia cast his vote with his wife Sangeeta Phogat on October 5.
Jannayak Janta Party(JJP) leader Dushyant Chautala cast his vote at Sirsa, Haryana on October 5.
Former Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij cast vote in Ambala on October 5. >
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BJP MP Naveen Jindal reached a polling station in Kurukshetra on a horse to cast his vote.
Haryana CM Nayab Singh Saini casts his vote for Haryana Assembly polls 2024.
Voting underway in Ambala for Haryana Assembly polls 2024
Senior Congress leader Kumari Selja on Saturday said people of Haryana have been waiting for the assembly election to change the current dispensation in the state and bring her party to power. She was speaking to reporters after casting her vote in Hisar district. Polling began for all the 90 assembly seats in Haryana on Saturday morning. "We have seen this inclination in people even before the Lok Sabha polls, they have been waiting for this day to change the rule and elect a Congress government," Selja said here. The Congress MP from Sirsa also appealed to voters to exercise their franchise to decide their future in Haryana. Asked if she would become the chief minister should the Congress win, Selja said it was for the party high command to decide. "After the result comes, the party high command will decide." Replying to another question, Selja said she did not need to talk about her seniority and that it was evident and everybody knew. She also asserted that the Congress would
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and former party chief Rahul Gandhi on Saturday urged voters in Haryana to come out in large numbers to cast their vote for the Congress to help initiate a change in the state. Terming the election underway as "very important," Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi urged them to vote for the Congress for the prosperity of farmers, jobs of youth, safety and respect of women, security and the well-being of every family. "Every vote you give to Congress will protect the Constitution and will become your weapon against the atrocities of the BJP," he said in a post in Hindi on X. "We have to form a government of all communities in Haryana, a government with everyone's participation, a government of justice a Congress government. Now #HaathBadlegaHalaat," he said. In his appeal, Kharge said on X, "Your one vote will take Haryana on the path of prosperity and social justice." He added, "Before casting your vote on EVM, remember that in the
Savitri Jindal is contesting independently from Hisar constituency after being denied tickets by the BJP
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
Delhi Chief Minister Atishi also urged the voters of Haryana to vote keeping key issues in mind
She said this is the time to use your democratic right to give a blow to the power of injustice and oppression
For the 2024 Assembly elections, the JJP has formed an alliance with Chandra Shekhar Azad's Azad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram)
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
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 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
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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
Progress in women's safety gets a thumbs up