Assembly Elections 2024 Highlights| Congress high command will take final call on Haryana CM: Selja

Doors open for like-minded parties, individuals: Jammu and Kashmir Congress president

Jammu and Kashmir Congress chief Tariq Hamid Karra said the NC-Congress alliance will get a “comfortable majority” in the assembly elections, and added that the doors are open for like-minded parties and individuals to keep the BJP out of power.

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Defeat of Narendra Modi, says Lalu Prasad Yadav on exit polls

RJD president Lalu Prasad on Sunday asserted that the exit polls results that predicted victory of Congress in the Haryana assembly elections should be viewed as a defeat of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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What the exit polls say?

Haryana may witness the return of Congress to power after a decade while Jammu and Kashmir is staring at a hung assembly where the National Conference-Congress combine may have to look at PDP and others to form a government, exit polls predicted on Saturday.

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Game on for Haryana CM post: Bhupinder Hooda likely to meet Cong leadership in Delhi today

Ahead of Haryana poll results on October 8, Congress leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda, a frontrunner for the chief minister's post, on Sunday left for Delhi where he is likely to meet party leadership.

The Congress veteran and former chief minister Hooda will have his night stay at his Delhi residence, sources said.

He is likely to meet the party's senior leadership before he returns to his Rohtak residence Monday afternoon, they said.

An aide of Hooda said that he left for Delhi from Rohtak residence in the evening.

Source: PTI

People's anger against BJP and PM Modi has been expressed openly: Congress' Rajesh Thakur

'Determined to protect Roti, Mati, Beti in Jharkhand,' says Shivraj Singh Chouhan

Speaking on BJP's election manifesto in Jharkhand, Union Minister and Incharge for Jharkhand Assembly elections, Shivraj Singh Chouhan said, "BJP is going to release its election manifesto. This election is not only about making someone a CM or of power, but it is about saving Jharkhand. We are determined to protect 'Roti, Mati aur Beti'."

"Due to the infiltrators from Bangladesh, the demography of the region is changing rapidly. Earlier, the tribal population in the Santhal region was more than 44%. Now, it has been reduced to 28%...The population is badly affected by these infiltrators...The Hemant Soren government is favouring the infiltrators for vote bank politics...We will implement the NRC in Jharkhand," he added.

Source: ANI

We have a procedure for choosing CM's: Pawan Khera

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BJP will emerge as largest party in J&K: BJP chief Ravinder Raina

"The BJP has a faith on J&K people's support. The way people supported the rallies of Amit Shah, JP Nadda, I have a faith that BJP will emerge as the largest party in J&K. The independent candidates who fought with the support of the BJP will win and we will form the government together," said Jammu and Kashmir BJP chief Ravinder Raina.

Source: PTI

Engineer Rashid urges J&K parties to not form govt till statehood is restored

President of Awami Ittehad Party and Lok Sabha MP, Sheikh Abdul Rashid alias Engineer Rashid has urged the regional parties of Jammu and Kashmir to not form government in the union territory till the Union government restores its statehood.

"Whatever government that will be formed will be the government of the Union territory. The elected government will have very few rights...The so-called regional parties of J&K (Gupkar alliance) didn't do anything for five years. I urge the INDIA bloc, PDP, Apni party and other parties to unite and not form the government till we achieve statehood," he said on Monday.

"Even if a single party or alliance achieves a majority, it will be good if all the parties put pressure on the Union government to restore statehood...Awami Ittehad Party is also ready to cooperate with the parties on this matter," he added.

Source: ANI

BJP's Jammu and Kashmir management committee to meet at 3 pm on Tuesday

'Situation in Jammu made me tear up...,' says Farooq Abdullah

Ahead of counting of votes for Jammu and Kashmir elections, JKNC chief Farooq Abdullah said, "If we have to save this state, we will have to do so by sitting down together. We have to bring it out of that storm in which this state has been engulfed for the last 8-10 years."

He said, "I was in Jammu recently, and the situation there made me tear up. The roads are damaged...Why was G20 Summit held here (in Srinagar) and not in Jammu? Why did Ambassadors come here and not to Jammu? Why did the diplomats come here during elections and not to Jammu?"

Source: ANI

'High command will decide CM face after taking opinions from MLAs,' says Bhupinder Hooda in Delhi

'Islamic laws being followed under Soren govt in Jharkhand,' says Giriraj Singh

Farooq Abdullah ready to take rival PDP's support for govt formation

Asked if the National Conference-Congress alliance will take support from the PDP if need be, Abdullah said "why not?"

"How does it matter? If we all work for the same thing, for improvement in the conditions of the people of the state, removing unemployment, removing all the distresses that have occurred in the last 10 years. First thing we should do is restore the freedom of the press. We should have the right to say what is true and what is not true. We can be rivals in elections but I have no objections and I am sure Congress will have no objections," he said.

I am confident we will form government in Haryana with full majority, says Supriya Shrinate

Rashid appeals opposition parties to delay J-K cabinet formation to press for statehood restoration

Lok Sabha member from Baramulla Sheikh Abdul Rashid alias Engineer on Monday appealed opposition parties in Jammu and Kashmir to delay the government formation in the union territory in order to put pressure on the Centre for restoration of statehood.

"Irrespective of who gets the majority tomorrow, my humble request to the I.N.D.I.A. bloc, PDP and other regional parties is that they should unite for statehood. They should not form a government till statehood is restored," Rashid told reporters here.

The president of Awami Ittehad Party (AIP) said the regional parties and Congress should unite and tell the BJP-led Centre in one voice to restore statehood.

"The government formation can be delayed to put pressure on the Centre for restoring the statehood. The political parties should be united to tell the union government. The AIP is ready to co-operate with them on this issue. Every voter wants this," he added.

Rashid lashed out at the decision to give powers to the lieutenant governor for nomination of five members to the Legislative assembly.

Why are Modi and Amit Shah missing from Haryana?, questions Rajasthan Congress president Govind Singh Dotasra

J&K Chief Electoral Officer PK Pole explains the counting process

Congress high command will take final call on Haryana CM pick keeping party interest in mind: Selja

Exuding confidence that the Congress will win over 60 seats in Haryana assembly elections, Sirsa MP Kumari Selja on Monday said the party high command would take a final call on the chief ministerial pick that would be acceptable to all.

Keeping the race for CM post open ahead of the assembly poll results, the senior Congress leader said the party high command would take the views of the MLAs and then take a final decision in the interest of the party.

"We feel that the Congress will get over 60 seats. The Congress has emerged as a major player in Haryana and it will form its government," she told reporters here.

People were ready to vote against BJP because of the policies they brought in: Congress leader Ghulam Ahmad Mir

'Bharat Jodo Yatra' build atmosphere in Congress' favour in Haryana: Deepender Hooda

Congress leader and Rohtak MP Deepender Singh Hooda Monday exuded confidence that his party will form the next government in Haryana and said that Rahul Gandhi's 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' had build the atmosphere in party's favour in the state.

Haryana went to polls on Saturday while results will be declared on Tuesday.

Congress is eyeing to wrest power from the BJP, which has been ruling Haryana for the past 10 years.

Deepender Hooda said that after Gandhi's 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' came to Haryana in December 2022, the atmosphere in the state started building in favour of Congress.

"People had shown a glimpse of this in the Lok Sabha elections and gave the highest 47.6 per cent votes to Congress in Haryana in the entire country," he said, according to a statement.

Political slugfest over L-G's power to nominate five MLAs

With many exit polls suggesting a hung Assembly, possibly favoring the National Conference-Congress alliance, these nominated members could play a pivotal role in government formation. Read more

Coverage of Assembly polls ends here for today. Stay tuned with DH for live coverage of Assembly polls results on October 8.