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from Karnal, Hodal, Panipat City, Bhupinder Hooda and Deepender
Kalka, Rewari, Narnaul and Kalan- Hooda by stating that the blame for
wali. We have presented the doc- the defeat rests with “Bapu-beta.”
uments of the complaints to ECI. In an apparent reference to for-
Complaints from 13 more Assem- mer Haryana CM Bhupinder Singh
bly constituencies will be submitted Hooda and his son Deepender Hoo-
to ECI in the next 48 hours. There da, Gogi complained that the state
were similar complaints from Chhat- leadership was not happy with Rahul
tisgarh, we have reminded them of Gandhi’s direct visit to Assandh.
these complaints also.” “There was no issue but in the
Reiterating the results as “sur- last two days, polarization hap-
prising’, former Haryana Chief Min- pened...State leadership was not
ister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said happy with Rahul Gandhi’s visit to
that the Election Commission has Assandh. (Bhupinder Singh) Hooda
given assurance and is looking into didn’t even take my name on stage...
their complaints. Congress would not have lost, ‘Hoo-
“These results of Haryana are da Congress’ was contesting the elec-
surprising because everyone thought tion and they lost, they didn’t take
that Congress will form the govern- anyone into confidence. They creat-
ment in Haryana. Be it IB, experts, ed a communication gap inside the
survey reports, but what happened Congress delegation led by former Haryana CM and party leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda, par- party...had the election been contest-
was that when the counting of postal ty general secretary KC Venugopal, former Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and others ed properly, people wanted Congress
ballots started, Congress was leading govt this time...the responsibility (of
everywhere, but when the counting coming out from the Election Commission Office after a meeting to raise concerns over the the defeat) lies with ‘Bapu-beta’,”
of EVMs started, Congress was lag- results of the Haryana Assembly elections, in New Delhi on Wednesday (ANI Photo/Ishant) Gogi said while speaking to ANI.
ging behind. We have received many Gogi, a former MLA of Aas-
complaints. The counting of votes Haryana’ region. Taking to X, Yadav ed on the same post. andh was recontesting from the seat,
was delayed in several places. The wrote, “The party should introspect Southern Haryana is often re- but lost to BJP’s Yoginder Rana by a
Election Commission has assured for its failure in southern Haryana ferred to as Ahirwal region spanning margin of 2306 votes.
us that they are looking into all the especially Gurugram, Rewari, Ma- Gurgaon, Rewari and Mahender- Meanwhile, three independent
complaints...” Hooda said. hendragarh and Faridabad where it garh. MLAs from Haryana, Devender
Haryana Congress president won just 1 seat.” Former Congress MLA Shamsh- Kadyan and Rajesh Joon, Savitri
Udai Bhan, who was also present in He further said that the Ahirwal er Singh Gogi on Thursday attacked Jindal extended their support to the
the delegation, raised concerns over has no representation in CWC, CEC, the “Hooda Congress” for creating BJP on Wednesday, a day after the
the batteries of the EVMs, saying AICC General Secretaries and in a communication gap in the party results of the counting of Assem-
that if a battery is used whole day, it HPCC. “Ahirwal has no representa- which ultimately led to the Congress bly polls were declared in the state.
can’t be 99 per cent. tion in CWC, CEC, AICC General party’s loss in the Assembly elections. Haryana BJP President Mohan Lal
Bhan said, “We have put forward Secretaries and even in HPCC. @ Gogi, who lost the Assandh seat to Badoli informed media persons that
all the issues as to how EVMs have RahulGandhi Chairman AICC OBC BJP leader Yoginder Singh Rana, in- the BJP now has a total of 51 MLAs
been hacked. The Chief Minister is an eyewash and toothless” he add- directly criticized the father-son duo in Haryana.
(Nayab Saini) himself said that all
the arrangements have been made
and we will form the government,
then this is all a matter of doubt... Big-1b:
When the battery is used the whole
day, then it will definitely go down, Big-1c:
it cannot be 99%. We told the Elec-
tion Commission about it...We want ---
VVPAT slips to be matched with
EVMs so that the truth can be re-
vealed.”
But after Bharatiya Janata Par-
ty’s hat trick in Haryana, the party’s
State president Mohan Lal Badoli on
Thursday placed the blame squarely
on Bhupinder Singh Hooda for the
loss of the Congress party. Bado-
li said, “Hooda (Bhupinder Singh
Hooda) is responsible for the loss of
the Congress party in Haryana. The
Congress candidates will give state-
ments. If you ask them, they will tell
you what Hooda has done.”
After Congress faced a defeat
in the Haryana assembly elections,
its leader Capt Ajay Singh Yadav on Prime Minister Narendra Modi greets Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers and leaders after the party’s victory in the Haryana Assembly
Wednesday said that the party should elections, at the party headquarter in New Delhi on Tuesday (ANI)
introspect its failure in ‘Southern

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