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BIG STORY                                                           OCTOBER 18, 2024       |  The Indian Eye                    4




                             HARYANA ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS


                      BJP SHOCKS






                            CONGRESS









              After its unexpected defeat in the important election, Congress party demands the

         Election Commission to investigate the voting process. But the ruling party — and some

                       Congress members too — blame Bhupinder Singh Hooda for the loss




        OUR BUREAU                                                                                            after the meeting, Congress leader
                                                                                                              Pawan Khera said that they have in-
        Chandigarh/New Delhi
                                                                                                              formed the ECI about the 20 com-
              JP is set to form its third suc-                                                                plaints they received from the 20
              cessive government in Hary-                                                                     constituencies, out of which, seven
        Bana after it won 48 seats in                                                                         are written complaints. The party
        the 90-member assembly as per the                                                                     said that ECI has assured them of
        results  announced  on  Tuesday.  The                                                                 looking into the matter.
        Congress won 37 seats. It came as a                                                                       “Today,  KC  Venugopal,  Ashok
        shocker to the Congress party which                                                                   Gehlot, Jairam Ramesh, Ajay Mak-
        was all confident about forming the                                                                   en, Bhupinder Singh Hooda and
        new government; but it gave a big                                                                     other party leaders met the officials
        boost to BJP which made a hat-trick                                                                   of ECI. We told ECI about the 20
        of its victories in the state.                                                                        complaints of which 7 are in written
            Haryana CM Nayab Singh Saini                                                                      complaints from 7 constituencies.
        attributed the state’s election victory                                                               There were machines that were at 99
        to PM Modi’s leadership after meet-                                                                   per cent and other normal machines
        ing him. “The credit to this huge vic-                                                                were at 60-70 per cent on the day of
        tory goes to PM Modi who has made                                                                     counting.  We demanded that  those
        such policies and schemes in the last                                                                 machines should be sealed and se-
        10 years which have benefitted poor,                                                                  cured until the investigation is com-
        farmer, youth, women. His schemes                                                                     plete. We also told ECI that in the
        are for every section of the society.   Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini meets Union Home Minister Amit Shah following the   next 48 hours, we will also present
        This victory is the result of the PM’s   Bharatiya Janata Party victory in State Assembly elections, in New Delhi on Wednesday (ANI)  the remaining complaints to them,”
        policies and people’s love and affec-                                                                 he said.
        tion towards PM Modi. I thank the                                                                         Khera asserted that the Election
        people of Haryana. I am grateful   issues related to the state.     an  ‘unexpected’  loss,  the  Congress   Commission  has assured  they  will
        to the party workers of Haryana as    “Home Minister Shah Ji thanked   party said it has demanded the Elec-  look into the matter and will reply,
        well... “ he said.                the God-like workers of the state for   tion Commission of India to seal   after  consulting  returning  officers
            Saini on Tuesday paid a courtesy   the victory. He also praised the wel-  those EVMs, which were allegedly   from each constituency.
        visit to Union Home and Cooper-   fare schemes implemented during   having high battery percentage de-    Referring to the 7 written com-
        ation Minister Amit Shah and dis-  the 10-year tenure of the BJP gov-  spite being used the whole day, until   plaints, Khera said that they received
        cussed over  the  future  strategy  for   ernment. HM gave important guid-  the investigation is completed in the   complaints from Karnal, Hodal, Pa-
        Haryana after he led the BJP to a   ance regarding making Haryana a   matter.                         nipat  City, Kalka, Rewari, Narnaul
        historic hat-trick win in the Assembly   developed state with the basic spirit   A delegation of Congress lead-  and Kalanwali constituencies.
        elections.                        of Sabka Sath, Sabka Vikas,” he add-  ers including KC Venugopal, Bhu-  Congress leader Pawan Khera
            In a post on X Saini wrote, “On   ed in the post.               pinder Singh Hooda, Ashok Gehlot   said “The Election Commission has
        BJP’s historic victory in Haryana, I   Even as BJP leaders bask in the   Pratap Singh Bajwa, Jairam Ramesh,   assured us that they will look into this
        had  a  courtesy  meeting  with  senior   glory of their victory, the Congress   Pawan Khera, Ajay Maken and Uday   matter and they will reply to us after
        leader and Union Home and Coop-   party is refusing to accept their de-  Bhan went to meet the Election   consulting  their  returning  officers
        eration Minister Shri Amit Shah ji in   feat.                       Commission of India to address their   from each constituency. Complaints
        New Delhi today and discussed with    A day after raising concerns   concerns over the results of Haryana   were from 20 Assembly constituen-
        him in detail about the future strate-  over the results of Haryana assembly   assembly polls.        cies. We have 7 written complaints,
        gy for Haryana and many important   elections where the party suffered   Addressing the media persons        Continued on next page... >>


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