Preliminary developments had given the Congress a cushty lead.
Placing on a courageous face regardless of counting developments see-sawing and tilting within the BJP’s favour after giving the Congress a cushty lead, senior Congress chief and former chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda has stated his social gathering will kind a authorities in Haryana.
Chatting with reporters round 10.15 am, when the BJP was main in 48 seats in Haryana – three over the midway mark – Mr Hooda insisted that the Congress would get a majority on his personal. When he was requested the query repeatedly, Mr Hooda maintained his stand, however his physique language appeared to betray him.
The widely upbeat Congress chief appeared very impartial, even a little bit downcast, when he was requested about developments displaying the BJP within the lead. “The Congress goes to kind a authorities within the state. Solely two or three rounds of counting have been accomplished. The stories we’re getting are saying that the Congress can have a majority,” he stated in Hindi.
Mr Hooda careworn that the Congress won’t want any social gathering’s help to kind the federal government and when the identical query was requested greater than as soon as, he appeared to snap, saying, “I’ve stated it, what number of instances would you like me to say the identical factor?” He admitted there are shut contests in some seats however careworn that they might not cease the Congress from coming to energy in Haryana.
To a query on who would change into the chief minister, given the pretty open jostling between him and senior chief Kumari Selja, Mr Hooda stated the social gathering would resolve and gave the credit score for the “victory” to the folks of Haryana, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi and different senior leaders.
The Congress headquarters in New Delhi additionally noticed the temper altering in a span of some hours. After exit polls predicted a transparent, snug victory for the Congress, celebrations began on the social gathering headquarters in New Delhi even earlier than the counting of votes started on Tuesday morning and gained tempo after preliminary developments pointed to the identical outcome. They turned muted because the BJP began gaining seats and crossed the midway mark within the leads.
Ought to the leads maintain, a loss in Haryana might be a significant setback for the Congress, which had been speaking of a resurgence after profitable 99 seats within the Lok Sabha elections. The BJP was seen to be battling anti-incumbency and anger from farmers, sportspersons in addition to aspirants for the armed forces, and consultants are already saying that the Congress has managed to “snatch defeat from the jaws of victory”.
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