“People of Haryana want to take state forward”: Rajasthan CM after BJP’s victory in Assembly polls

Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], October 8 (ANI): Expressing happiness over the Haryana Assembly election result, Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma asserted that the state has rejected Congress.

“I thank the people of Haryana…When I went to Haryana for the election campaign, I had said that BJP would form the government for the third time, because I saw the enthusiasm of the workers there. The people of Haryana want to take the state forward. Haryana rejected Congress. I can say that in the coming times, BJP will win in the entire country and for the fourth time we will form the government at the Centre with a big majority, said the Rajasthan Chief Minister.

According to the latest update from the Election Commission of India, the BJP has won 47 seats and is leading on one other seat, while the Congress party has won 36 seats and is leading on one more. This is BJP’s third consecutive victory in the state.

The 90 seats of Haryana went to polls in a single phase on October 5.

Meanwhile, Congress on Tuesday rejected Haryana assembly results which showed BJP is poised to form its third successive government in the state, saying the outcome is “totally unexpected, completely surprising, counter-intuitive and against ground-reality and that “it is not possible” for the party “to accept the results”.

Addressing a press conference on the results in Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir, party leaders Jairam Ramesh and Pawan Khera said they have received “very serious complaints” on the process of counting and they will move the Election Commission.

The Congress is set finish a distant second in the assembly polls and is slated to win 37 seats with BJP poised to win 48 seats in the 90-member Haryana assembly.

Jairam Ramesh said “what we have seen today in Haryana is a victory for manipulation, a victory for subverting the will of the people and it is a defeat for transparent democratic processes”

“The results in Haryana are totally unexpected, completely surprising and counter-intuitive. It goes against ground reality. It goes against what the people of Haryana had made their minds up for, which was for change and transformation. I think under these circumstances, it is not possible for us to accept the results that have been announced today,” he said.

“We have received very serious complaints on the process of counting, the functioning of EVMs in at least three districts. There are more that are coming in.

We have spoken to our senior colleagues in Haryana and this information is being collected. We hope to present this in a consolidated form to the Election Commission tomorrow or the day after. We will seek time…Serious questions have been raised by our candidates. We will bring it to the notice of the Election Commission,” he added.