Reacting to Haryana assembly elections, farmer leader Rakesh Tikait said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government will be defeated and the Congress will form government in the state. He said that the BJP is facing defeat because they lathi-charged farmers.
"We do not take the exit polls very seriously. This time the news is good. We are getting information that we will win. Everything will be clear on October 8," said Tharoor.
Taking a dig at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over the Haryana assembly elections, CPI leader D Raja said that the people of Haryana are angry with the BJP and that they have betrayed farmers and wrestlers.
The exit polls predicted a clean sweep for the Congress in Haryana, with some polls predicting the party will win more than 50 of the 90 seats in the assembly.
Exuding confidence over registering victory in the assembly elections of Jammu and Kashmir and Haryana, Congress leader Harish Rawat said that the people of J&K have voted for peace and development and the only option they could find is the National Conference-Congress alliance.
"We will not need any kind of alliance; I have said from the very beginning that the BJP will form the government alone. We have all the arrangements. I am confident that BJP will alone form the government but if we need that (alliance) we will give it a thought; we have all the arrangements
Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) national General Secretary Tarun Chugh asserted on Sunday that his party will form the government in both Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir in the recently concluded Assembly elections, adding that BJP will get the blessings of the people.
Congress leader and former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Hooda said on Sunday that the people of the state had already made up their mind to bring the party to power a long time ago.
After exit polls suggested a strong comeback for Congress in Haryana after a decade, BJP candidate Anil Vij from Ambala Cantt downplayed the significance of these projections, stating that the actual situation on the ground is quite different.
The single-phase polling for 90 Assembly Constituencies in Haryana concluded peacefully on Saturday across more than 20,000 polling stations and recorded a final voter turnout of 65.65 percent.
According to the Election Commission of India, "Voting began at 7.00 am and voters from all sections of society were seen queuing up at polling stations. With a significant population of elderly voters, many above the age of 100 years were seen participating in the electoral festivities with