Rift within BJP’s Haryana ally; JJP vice president quits over ‘secret alliance talks in mall’
However, Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala has claimed that he is not aware of the development and said that he will speak to Ram Kumar Gautam.
The BJP is poised to make a comeback in Haryana, bagging more than three-fourth of the 90 assembly seats, with the Congress placed at a distant second, according to exit polls on Monday after the end of polling.
The Times Now exit poll has given the BJP 71 seats, with the Congress at a distant 11, while the Jan Ki Bat has given the BJP 57, and Congress 17, with 16 for other parties.
News X has given the BJP the highest number of seats at 77, with Congress at 11, and others at two. However, ATV9 Bharatvarsh has given the ruling party a much lower figure, of just over half the seats at 47, and the Congress at 23, and others at 20.
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The Poll of Polls has given the BJP 63, with Congress at 16 and others at 11.
Voting for 90 Assembly seats in Haryana was held on Monday, recording 64 per cent turnout.
As many as 1,168 candidates were in the fray for the 90 seats. Of this, 1,064 were men and 104 were women. One candidate was a Transgender.
A total of 69.74 per cent of voters had cast their votes in Haryana in the Lok Sabha election in May, while in the 2014 Assembly polls, the state recorded the highest-ever turnout of 76.54 per cent.
The Assembly election has witnessed a multi-cornered contest among BJP, Congress, Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) and Jannayak Janata Party (JJP).
A few incidents of violence and EVM glitches were reported from across the state during polling.
A scuffle and stone pelting between supporters of the Congress and the BJP was reported from Nuh town around 8.45 am on Monday while voting was in full swing for Haryana Assembly elections. Apart from the incident, the rather slow polling has been largely peaceful.
This time, exit polls were conducted after the polling process following the Election Commission’s order.
The ban was effective from 7 am to 6.30 pm on Monday when Haryana and Maharashtra went to the polls.
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