Unexpected’: Kharge on Haryana poll outcome
"A detailed response will come from the party after talking to our grassroots workers, gathering complete information and verifying the facts,” said the Congress president.
"A detailed response will come from the party after talking to our grassroots workers, gathering complete information and verifying the facts,” said the Congress president.
BRS working president KT Rama Rao called the Haryana election results as a slap on the face of Congress, attributing its defeat to the party's failure to fulfil its electoral promises or guarantees in states like Karnataka, Telangana and Himachal Pradesh.
The polling held in 90 Assembly constituencies spread across 20,632 polling stations in the state was by and large peaceful.
The Congress on Saturday appointed three senior observers, including former Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot, for the forthcoming Assembly elections in Haryana.
The latest development came hours after they met Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge at his residence, and Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi a few days ago.
Ahead of this, Khattar is expected to get support of Independent legislators, two of them are Lokhit Party (HLP) chief Gopal Kanda, who won from Sirsa, and the Congress rebel Ranjit Singh.
The Jannayak Janata Party has emerged as the kingmaker in the state with both the Congress and the BJP reaching out to the party to help form the government in the case of a hung assembly.
As per the trends projected by the Election Commission, BJP is currently leading in 39 seats and Congress in 29 seats. JJP is leading in 11 seats.
The BJP, which won 47 seats in Haryana in the last assembly polls, has this time set a target of more than 75 seats in the state.
Election to the 90-seat Legislative Assembly of Haryana was held in a single phase on October 21.
