"High voting will take place and Congress will win with a big margin... Ever since Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Yatra, the atmosphere in the state has been in our favour. 10 years of misrule by BJP has got people wanting to get rid of BJP... People and especially women aspire to have a female Chief Minister of Haryana... I believe in hard work and work on the ground. I am a player of the party and I am confident about my work... The final decision will be taken by the party high command," says Congress MP Kumari Selja
Today, I voted for the first time, and I want to tell everyone here that it is our duty as youth to choose our leaders. These small actions can lead to significant changes in the future. I have fulfilled my duty, so you should fulfill yours and definitely come out to vote
BJP leader Babita Phogat says, "For the welfare and development of the state, I would urge everyone to come out and vote in large numbers. This is your biggest responsibility as a citizen of this country... It is everyone's personal decision which party they want to be affiliated with. It's her choice and I respect her (Vinesh Phogat's) decision..
There is an election of personalities here. On one side is Bhupinder Singh Hooda and on the other side is Nayab Saini and Manohar Lal Khattar. Bhupinder Singh Hooda is emerging as a bigger choice...I joined the BJP because of Prime Minister Modi. INLD, BJP and HLP are in alliance and if INLD will get any seat they will support BJP only
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said only a government with a track record of good governance can bring prosperity to Haryana.
The vote of people of Haryana will keep the state free from the rule of corrupt and wheeler-dealers, Shah said.
"I urge all my sisters and brothers to vote to maintain the pace of development and to elect a government that takes the government out of one district and reaches every village of Haryana," he wrote on X in Hindi.
"Congress party does not care about anyone but one family... Kumari Selja's community considers her as their leader, and when she has been insulted, people consider it as their insult. When the followers of a leader feel insulted, they turn against the party that has insulted their leader. They start looking for an option...," says Khattar
Voting is taking place today for the Haryana Assembly elections. I appeal to all voters to be a part of this holy festival of democracy and set a new record of voting. On this occasion, my special best wishes to all the young friends of the state who are going to vote for the first time.
Chandigarh: Polling for all the 90 Assembly seats in Haryana began on Saturday morning amid tight security arrangements, officials said.
The fate of Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini, Congress leaders Bhupinder Singh Hooda and Vinesh Phogat, besides the JJP's Dushyant Chautala and 1,027 other candidates, will be decided in the polls in which more than two crore people are eligible to vote.
The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is eyeing a hat-trick of Assembly election wins in the state, while the Congress is hoping to return to power after 10 years.
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Over two crore people will be eligible to vote in the Haryana Assembly elections today which will decide whether the BJP will hold on to power for the third time or the Congress will returns to power after a ten year gap.
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Alleging that the BJP has "failed" the economy in Haryana, Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Friday said the people of the state will soon strike the next blow to break the 'chakravyuh' of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "crony capitalist policies".
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