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Saffron tsunami sweeps the state
Election Special: Haryana decides
‘Modi wave’, non-Jat & urban voters prop up BJP to majority
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Reasons for defeat lie within Cong
Hooda won’t be Cong Legislature Party chief
INLD calculations come a cropper
A first: 13 women make it to Assembly
Mixed bag for political dynasties
Khattar leads BJP’s clean sweep in Karnal
Khattar’s security up amid rumours of his becoming CM
Hooda loses state, but retains Deswali citadel
BJP storms Hooda’s citadel
Dependence on defectors, novices costs BJP dear in Jind
Modi’s majority mantra takes NCR by storm
HJC’s drubbing reduces Bishnoi to a fringe player
BJP wins all seven seats in Ahirwal
Jatland surprises, picks Prem Lata over Dushyant
BJP win 3 of 4 in Kurukshetra
BJP all the way in Yamunanagar, Cong candidates lose deposit
Loyalists stick to INLD in Mewat
4-time loser Kaprivaas ends Capt Yadav’s winning streak
Panipat voters reject one and elect the other turncoat
Dera factor plays its part in BJP win
Stone-pelting by supporters in Kaithal; many injured, vehicles damaged
90% Karnal nominees
forfeit deposits
Surjewala retains Kaithal, INLD’s Majra loses Kalayat
HSGMC proves a flop show for Cong
Punters way off the mark for INLD, Cong
3-vote win for Cong’s Rai nominee
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Saffron tsunami sweeps the state
Chandigarh, October 19 Known as the land of “aya Ram, gaya Ram”, the state will see five years of stable government under a chief minister who is expected to be a personal choice of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The BJP’s parliamentary board is meeting in Delhi tonight to narrow down on its choice of person who will head the government. The swearing-in is expected in one or two days. Results a dampener
for Chautalas
Though a big boost to the BJP, the election results have come as a dampener for the INLD. Its supremo Om Prakash Chautala campaigned for the party while on bail, hoping that the party’s win would help him get out of jail. But the results have shown that the INLD did not get any sympathy and this will make any future paroles for Chautala difficult. He is serving a ten-year jail term. Not only is the results bad news for Chautala, the defeat of his grandson Dushyant Chautala from Uchana Kalan to the BJP is a setback for the party in the Jatland, considered the INLD bastion. Here, the INLD managed to win only two seats — Julana and Jind. The alliance with the SAD helped the INLD win six Sikh-dominated seats, including Sirsa, Ellenabad, Rania and Dabwali, bordering Punjab. But for direct help from the SAD, INLD’s position would have been worse. The SAD ensured the defeat of Mandeep Chatha, son of former Finance Minister Harmohinder Singh Chhatha who was the architect of the Haryana Sikh Gurdwara Act. Mandeep lost to INLD’s Jaswinder Singh Sandhu for whom SAD president Sukhbir Badal campaigned extensively. The poll results in the Sikh-dominated areas suggest that Sikh community did not bite the bait of the Congress on the gurdwara issue. The INLD has held its cadres together for a decade, but with the BJP filling in, the INLD cadres are bound to scatter away. Few takers for
Cong’s ‘growth card’
The Congress was hopeful of cashing in on the issue of development, but the “Modi wave” and the vote for change brought down the Congress from 40 seats in the last House to just 15 now. Several Congress stalwarts such as Capt Ajay Yadav and Savitri Jindal have bit the dust. The results show that Hooda’s strategy to neutralise his opponents within the party did not pay well. He emerged stronger within the party, but the absence of his detractors from the poll battlefield did him in. The Congress won 10 out of 14 seats falling in the Deswali belt, comprising Rohtak and Sonepat districts. But it got nearly washed away in all other areas across the board. Two of its stalwarts — Randeep Surjewala and Kiran Choudhry — retained their seats, Kaithal and Tosham, respectively. The remaining three seats the Congress won were in southern Haryana. Karan Dalal who lost the elections last time staged a comeback in Palwal. Besides, the Congress won from Tigaon and Hodal. The Congress’ biggest loss was from Hooda’s hometown. The party lost the Rohtak, Bhadurgarh and Sonepat seats. The results indicate that the era of piggy back riding its way to power are over for the BJP. The BJP will no longer play second fiddle to the regional parties in the future. |
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Election Special: Haryana decides
Hisar, October 19 Steel baroness Savitri, India’s richest woman, was humbled by BJP nominee Kamal Gupta by 13,646 votes. Zee Group owner and media magnet Subhash Chandra Goenka was the key strategist for Gupta that orchestrated Savitri’s defeat. Both Jindals and Goenkas hail from Hisar and have made it big in business. The defeat has come as a double blow to the Jindals as Savitri’s son Naveen Jindal, too, had lost the recent Lok Sabha elections in Kurukshetra. The Jindals, who had a steel and mining business family, turned to politics when late Om Prakash Jindal, husband of Savitri Jindal, joined the electoral fray at the instance of former Chief Minister Bansi Lal. They won five elections in a row. Savitri was elected from Hisar in 2005 and 2009 and is a minister in the outgoing Bhupinder Singh Hooda-led Congress government in the state. Naveen Jindal and Subhash Goenka had entered a bitter war of words during the campaigning as Savitri accused Goenka of misusing his media network for extortion, while Goenka retorted saying Savitri had perpetrated a land scam in the town in the name of development. After the result, Goenka said the arrogance of the Congress leader had led to her defeat. He said he would implement a roadmap for the development of the town. The newly elected MLA Gupta said the corrupt elements had been thrown out of power by the people. However, putting up a brave face, Savitri said she would continue to contribute to development of the city. She expressed her readiness to help the newly elected MLA. The steel baroness
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‘Modi wave’, non-Jat & urban voters prop up BJP to majority
Chandigarh, October 19 “The Modi wave and anti-incumbency against the Hooda Government had helped the BJP get a majority in Haryana and we will live up to the expectations of the people and fulfil each promise made in our manifesto,” claimed state BJP chief Ram Bilas Sharma. In the 2009 assembly elections, the BJP could manage to win only four seats by polling 9% votes. Fearing marginailsation in Haryana politics, the party entered into an alliance with Kuldeep Bishnoi-led Haryana Janhit Congress (HJC), which had won six seats in the 2009 assembly poll. However, the party this time won 47 seats polling about 33.2% votes slightly fewer than 34.7% votes it polled in the Lok Sabba elections. However, in the Lok Sabha elections, the party won seven of the eight seats it contested in alliance with the HJC. It was after the Lok Sabha poll that the party decided to severe its alliance with the HJC preferring to go it alone fuelling speculation that it could not perform on its own in caste-ridden state politics. However, the ‘Modi wave’ coupled with anti-incumbency against Hooda Government and the support by the Sirsa-based Dera Sacha Sauda helped the BJP to get majority 47 seats. The party’s success is all the more creditable as it won seats pan-Haryana, including along the GT, Ahirwal region, south Haryana and the NCR, besides Hooda’s bastion Rohtak region. From 4 to 47
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Reasons for defeat lie within Cong
Chandigarh, October 19 Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda “abandoned” by the state leaders fought a lonely battle, trying everything in his book to whip up support, but obviously failed to do so. He doled out reservation for Jats, distributed sops to employees, granted Sikhs a separate gurdwara committee, announced an increase in several social security schemes and a lot more but, still, ended up biting the dust in an election which saw Congress leaders “poached” by the BJP. While Hooda can draw solace from the fact that he managed to retain 10 of the 14 seats in his area of influence (Rohtak, Sonepat and Jhajjar), Congress candidate from Kaithal Randeep Surjewala emerged as the sole winner from the party in north Haryana. This win can elevate him in the party, especially since he relied on his own means to wrest the seat instead of banking on “star campaigners”. Another big win was that of Kiran Choudhry from Tosham, a dissident leader within the party, while Geeta Bhukkal retained her seat (Jhajjar). Most other ministers, including Capt Ajay Yadav, had begun to constantly target the CM towards the end
of the second term. Most leaders believe that the reason for the party’s defeat lies within since its leaders washed dirty linen in public. This damage could never be controlled and matters went from bad to worse, as party leaders levelled allegations of lopsided development and discrimination in government jobs. The Vadra-DLF land deal became the “biggest scam” for the party that failed to effectively counter the allegations. State Congress president Ashok Tanwar’s public display of unhappiness over ticket distribution, too, impacted the party negatively. Though Sonia and Rahul campaigned in the state, their speeches lacked bite and they seemed to have completely given up on the elections. The Congress seemed to have no reply to Modi’s sway over the crowds and this resulted in the party falling from grace, failing to get a “respectable” number and ending up at the third position. Seeds of discontent
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Hooda won’t be Cong Legislature Party chief
New Delhi, October 19 “The outgoing CM won’t be the CLP leader. The convention in the party is such,” said a senior AICC functionary adding Hooda himself wouldn’t be interested in the position. With indications of Hooda being out of the race to rebuild the Congress in the state, where the party lost heavily today, the choices could fall on outgoing state ministers Kiran Choudhary or Randeep Singh Surjewala. Congress leaders said as other heavyweights including Capt Ajay Yadav lost their seats, Kiran Choudhary and Surjewala were potential choices for the CLP leader’s position in Haryana. Kiran Choudhary for instance won comfortably from Tosham in the midst of a Narendra Modi wave. Incidentally, the BJP scored among its lowest votes in Tosham from where Choudhary contested. Surjewala, considered close to Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi, is another choice for the Congress party leader’s post in the state Assembly. A leader when asked about probables for the position said, “The party high command will take a decision on the matter though Kiran Choudhary’s victory is significant in a clear BJP wave. Randeep Surjewala represents a new generation of leaders in the state. The decision on CLP leader will be taken after considering a host of local factors.” Hooda, meanwhile, earned the support of AICC General Secretary, in charge of Haryana, Shakeel Ahmad, for leading a Congress government in the state for two terms. “Two consecutive governments in Haryana have only been possible under Bhupinder Singh Hooda. He delivered on the party’s development agenda but people voted for a new dispensation,” Ahmed said.
CM submits resignation
Chandigarh: Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Sunday called on Governor Kaptan Singh Solanki at Haryana Raj Bhawan and submitted his resignation. The Governor asked him to continue till the new government is formed. Hooda came to power for the first time in 2005 and managed to pull off a win in the 2009 elections. In all, nine ministers of the Cabinet lost their seats. These are Capt Ajay Yadav, Rao Narinder, Paramvir Singh, Savitri Jindal, Aftab Ahmed, Satpal Sangwan, Shiv Charan Aharma, Sukhbir Kataria and Mahender Pratap Singh. — TNS |
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INLD calculations come a cropper
Chandigarh, October 19 The party, which ended up with 19 seats in the total tally, clearly lost out in terms of appeal, very evident in the fact that its three most prominent leaders, Hisar MP Dushyant Chautala, state unit chief Ashok Arora lost to BJP’s Prem Lata and Subhash Subha, respectively, while another senior leader, Rampal Majra, lost to Independent candidate Jai Prakash. Immediatyely after his defeat, Arora resigned his post. The two big wins were those of senior leader Abhay singh Chautala and his sister-in-law, Naina Singh, from Ellenabad and Dabwali in its stronghold in Sirsa. However, it failed to bring cheer to a party which was hoping that party supremo Om Prakash Chautala’s intensive campaigning while he was out on bail would translate into an over-whelming support for the green brigade which relied on the old man’s charishma to see it through. However, this came a cropper and the INLD’s calculations fell flat as the BJP romped home to victory with a clear majority, even dashing the INLD’s hopes of extending support in case the saffron party needed the numbers. Also, sources said the simmering discontent within the first family over control of the party too took its toll on its prospects. Rival parties maintained that the people voted for change and brought in candidates with a clean image, terming this as the beginning of the end of dynastic politics in Haryana. The INLD will sit in the opposition for the third consecutive term though it will continue to retain the post of the Leader of the Opposition for being the second largest party. State INLD chief Ashok Arora quits
Kurukshetra: INLD leader Ashok Arora resigned from as the party's state chief, taking moral responsibility for the loss.
Arora, a prominent Punjabi leader of north Haryana, was the Transport Minister in the INLD government from 2000-2005. A
non-Jat leader with a clean image, Arora attracted many communities, but failed to woo voters. He lost to the BJP's Subhash Sudha by a margin of 25,638 votes from his traditional bastion,
Thanesar. Talking to The Tribune, Arora said, "I take moral responsibility for the defeat and have sent my resignation to the party's national president." He congratulated the BJP on its win. Arora contested and won his first-ever election in 1990. This was his seventh elections from
Thanesar. He never won consecutively. He was elected MLA in 1990, 1996, 2000 and 2009.
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A first: 13 women make it to Assembly
Chandigarh, October 19
Prem Lata, usually a back-stage manager during Birender Singh’s election, defeated INLD’s Dushyant
Chautala, a third-generation leader from the first family of the INLD and Chautala’s grandson, in Uchana by 7,480 votes. Naina Singh, trailing in the initial rounds won the Dabwali seat from closest rival KV Singh (Cong) by 8,545 votes while Latika Sharma defeated sitting Kalka MLA Pradeep Chaudhry
(INLD) by 19,027 votes. Kavita Jain (BJP), who made her debut in the 2009 assembly elections, won the Sonepat seat this time by 25,810 votes to become probably the only party woman to be elected twice. Congress women legislators who have been able to retain their seats despite a strong anti-Congress sentiment are ministers in the Hooda Cabinet, Geeta Bhukkal and Kiran
Choudhary, and Shakuntala Khatak. They won by a margin of 26584, 19741 and 3972 votes from the
Jhajjar, Tosham and Kalanaur (SC) constituencies, respectively The BJP’s gamble to field Santosh
Sarwan, a former minister in Bhajan Lal’s Cabinet, from Mullana in Ambala paid off as she defeated her nearest rival by 5,649 votes.
Seema Trikha of the BJP defeated Haryana minister Mahender Pratap Singh in Badkhal while Santosh Yadav of the same party won from Ateli and Rohita Rewri from
Panipat. Haryana Janhit Congress Renuka Bishnoi won the Hansi seat by 14,652 votes. |
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Mixed bag for political dynasties
Chandigarh, October 19 The Devi Lal clan, trying to stage a comeback in the state after 10 years’ in the Opposition, failed to do so. While two family members, Om Prakash Chautala’s son Abhay Chautala and his daughter-in-law Naina Chautala (Ajay Chautala’s wife) emerged victorious, a scion of the party and Hisar MP Dushyant Chautala lost to Congressmen-turned- BJP leader Birender Singh’s wife Prem Lata from the high-profile Uchana Kalan segment. In fact, one of the issues flagged by PM Narendra Modi during his aggressive election campaign was to put an end to dynastic politics in Haryana. The fate of another prominent political family, that of Bhajan Lal, was no different with his elder son and former Deputy Chief Minister Chander Mohan losing from the Nalwa segment. However, Bhajan Lal’s younger son and HJC his Kuldeep Bishnoi and his wife Renuka Bishnoi won their respective seats. Kiran Choudhry, a daughter-in-law of former CM Bansi Lal was the lone kin of the ‘architect’ of Haryana to have won from Tosham. However, Bansi Lal’s son Ranbir Mahendra, his son-in-law Sombir Singh and his daughter Sumitra Singh were defeated. BJP’s only dynast and sister of Union minister Sushma Swaraj’s sister, Vandana Sharma, lost from the Safidon seat by a small margin. Similarly, controversial former minister Gopal Kanda, who floated the Haryana Lokhit Party (HLP) before the elections, and his brother, Gobind, too lost from the Sirsa and Rania assembly segments, respectively. Former union minister Venod Sharma and his wife, Shakti Rani Sharma, were failed to make it to the Assembly. Savitri Jindal, Haryana minister and mother of industrialist and former MP Naveen Jindal, also lost the poll. Three Lal bahus make it to the House
In a pleasant development in a state notorious for its skewed sex ratio, three bahus of the Lal clans have made it to the Assembly for the first time: Devi Lal's grandson Ajay Chautala's wife Naina Singh (Dabwali), Bhajan Lal's son and HJC supremo Kuldeep Bishnoi's wife Renuka (Hansi) and Bansi Lal's daughter-in-law and state minister Kiran Choudhry (Tosham). |
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Khattar leads BJP’s clean sweep in Karnal
Karnal, October 19 In Karnal, BJP’s Manohar Lal Khattar is the main contender for the chief ministerial post. He bagged 82,485 votes and won the seat with a record margin of 63,773 votes by defeating Independent candidate Jai Parkash Gupta, who recorded 18,712 votes. Manoj Wadhwa of the INLD stood third with 17,685 votes, while Congress’ Surender Narwal bagged 12,804 votes and stood fourth. Nilokehri Assembly segment was the second seat won by the BJP with a massive margin. BJP’s Bhagwan Dass Kabirpanthi bagged 58,354 votes and won the seat by a margin of 34,410 votes by defeating INLD’s Mamu Ram, who bagged 23,944 votes, while Congress’ Gian Chand Sahota recorded 23,257 votes. The BJP won the Indri Assembly segment, where it had never scored a victory, by a handsome margin of 23,875 votes as its candidate Karan Dev Kamboj secured 45,756 votes and he defeated sitting MLA Ashok Kashyap’s wife Usha Kashyap of the INLD. She had scored 21,881 votes. The HJC candidate Rakesh Kamboj remained third with 18,892 votes, while the Congress’ Bhim Sen Mehta stood fourth position with 18,550 votes. From the Gharaunda Assembly segment, considered to be a close fight in almost every election, BJP candidate Harvinder Kalyan won comfortably with a margin of 17,883 votes by defeating sitting MLA Narender Sangwan of the INLD. Harvinder scored 55,247 votes, while Sangwan received 37,364 votes. The Congress candidate Virender Singh Rathore stood third with 36,896 votes. He lost the second spot by a mere 468 votes. Former minister and HJC candidate Jai Singh Rana stood fifth with 3,229 votes. All eyes were set on the result from the Assandh Assembly segment, as two sitting MLAs Sumita Singh of Karnal and Zile Ram Sharma of Assandh were in the fray. The battle was won by BJP candidate Bakhshish Singh Virk with 4,608 votes as he bagged 30,723 votes and defeated his nearest rival BSP’s Maratha Virender Verma, who scored 26,115 votes. The INLD candidate Yashvir Rana stood third with 23,191 votes. Congress’ Sumita Singh remained fifth with 14,103 votes, while sitting MLA Zile Ram Sharma had to contend on the sixth position with 12,962 votes. According to political experts, the people of the district gave their mandate against the discrimination and went with Modi’s vision of development. Scripting history
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Khattar’s security up amid rumours of his becoming CM
Karnal, October 19 The 60-year-old veteran leader was born at Nindana village in Rohtak district in 1954. He is bachelor and joined the RSS as a full time pracharak in 1980. Later, he joined the BJP and in 1994 he was made the state general secretary of the party. He enjoys a good rapport with PM Narendra Modi having worked with the latter while he was in Haryana and with party chief Amit Shah. Khattar is also in the good books of many senior BJP leaders as well as the RSS. That Modi chose to start the electoral campaign from Karnal was meant to send a clear message of his closeness with the PM, said a political expert. He was the chairman of the election committee the LS elections held early this year. The BJP bagged seven of the eight seats it contested. The Central leadership rewarded his leadership qualities by declaring his candidature from Karnal Assembly seat in face of opposition from local leaders whom he pacified later on. Another indication to his occupying the top post is that the security apparatus around him was increased in the evening. Close to Modi, Shah
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Hooda loses state, but retains Deswali citadel
Rohtak, October 19 While the Congress nominees won three of the four Assembly seats falling in Rohtak district, the party candidates also emerged victorious on five of the six seats in Sonepat district and two of the four seats in Jhajjar district. In Rohtak district, CM Hooda himself won the Garhi Sampla-Kiloi seat while Congress candidates Anand Singh Dangi emerged victorious from Meham and Shakuntala Khatak from Kalanaur (SC), respectively. The Rohtak Assembly seat was, however, wrested by BJP’s Manish Grover. Similarly, in Sonepat district, Congress nominees Kuldeep Sharma from Ganaur, Jai Tirath from Rai, Jaiveer Singh from Kharkhauda, Jagbir Singh from Gohana and Shri Krishan Hooda from Baroda won their respective seats, leaving only the Sonepat seat for BJP’s Kavita Jain. In Jhajjar district, Congress candidates Geeta Bhukkal retained the Jhajjar (SC) seat while Dr Raghuveer Singh won Beri though Bahadurgarh and Badli were grabbed by BJP nominees Naresh Kaushik and Om Prakash Dhankar, respectively. In all, the Congress nominees were able to win 10 of the 14 Assembly seats falling in Rohtak, Jhajjar and Sonepat districts. Best MLA not good enough for Rohtak?
Bhupinder Singh Hooda’s confidant, Bharat Bhushan Batra, who was given the Best MLA award , was not able to retain his seat. The Rohtak voters instead chose Haryana BJP general secretary Manish Grover, who has been active in local politics for a long time. |
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BJP storms Hooda’s citadel
Jhajjar, October 19 Showing a marvellous performance this election, Bhukkal trounced her nearest rival INLD’s Sadhu Ram with a huge margin of 26,568 votes. She polled 51,675 votes and Sadhu got 25,107 votes while BJP’s Dariyav Singh managed 20,174 votes. In Badli, Dhankar defeated Congress rebel and Independent candidate Kuldeep Vatsa by a margin of 9,264 votes. Congress candidate Naresh Sharma secured the fourth position in the poll battle. Dhankar polled 41,546 votes followed by Vatsa with 32,282 votes while INLD’s Sumitra got 16,590 and Sharma obtained 14,449 votes. Naresh Kaushik clinched victory in Bahadurgarh by defeating his nearest rival Congress nominee and two-time MLA Rajendra Joon with a margin of 4,882 votes. Kaushik polled 38,341 while Joon got 33,459. Besides them, Independent candidates — Rajesh Joon and Nafe Singh Rathi — managed to obtain 28,242 and 20,105 votes, respectively. In Beri, Congress nominee Dr Raghuvir Singh Kadian won the poll battle for the fourth time consecutively by defeating Independent candidate Chattar Singh with a margin of 4,493 votes. The winners
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Dependence on defectors, novices costs BJP dear in Jind
Jind, October 19 INLD’s Dr Harichand Middha won with 31,631 votes and defeated BJP candidate Surinder Barwala with 2,257 votes. From Uchana Kalan, BJP’s Prem Lata Singh wife of Chaudhary Birender Singh won with a margin of 7,480 votes; from Julana INLD’s Parminder Dhull won with 22,806 votes; from Narwana INLD’s Pirthi Singh won with 9,152 votes while from Safidon, Independent candidate Jasbir Deshwal won with 1,422 votes. Sources in BJP said the party had put in a lot of efforts to win this Jat stronghold since the start of electioneering and this was the reason behind directing its top leaders to take repeated rounds of this district. Almost all top leaders including PM Narender Modi, Union Ministers Rajnath Singh, Sushma Swaraj and Dr Harshvardhan, party MP Vinod Khanna and many other top leaders put their best efforts to give a sound base to saffron party in this district. The PM even went on to praise notorious Haryana Khaps (caste councils) during his rally here in Pandu Pindara village. But political pundits strongly believe the allotment of party tickets to turncoats and inexperienced, cost BJP dear in this district. Out of the total five candidates, Surinder Barwala from Jind, Santosh Danoda from Narwana, Prem Lata Singh from Uchana Kalan and Sanjeev Kumar from Julana came from the INLD and Congress respectively while Safidon candidate Dr Vandana Sharma, younger sister of Union Minister Sushma Swaraj, was a political greenhorn. This led to resentment among the loyal cadre of the party in this district. Though they all announced to support party candidates, but sources say candidates did not get the required support and the BJP got a good number of votes, courtesy the Dera Sacha Sauda votes. “We will analyse the reasons behind the defeat of our candidates and work hard to improve the party base in the coming days. All party cadre worked hard for all candidates and there was no problem in any area,” said BJP Jind district president Dr OP Pehal. |
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Modi’s majority mantra takes NCR by storm
Gurgaon, October 19 Rejected as a mere
bubble by the Congress after the bypoll results last month, the wave swept away all heavy weight candidates of other parties in the region, except Mewat, and made Gurgaon candidate register highest margin win in the entire state. Modi wave was the
topic of discussion even before the declaration of results. Although other parties rejected the
claim that the bubble had busted after the Lok Sabha elections, the revival or resurfacing was, however, witnessed when Modi, who is known to be a campaigner par excellence, addressed marathon rallies in the state. Time when voters in some areas were looking for options and a hung Assembly was being
predicted, Modi gave voters the majority mantra. It worked. “Modi wave is an epitome of development and people have voted for it. The four-month rule at the Centre gave people the true meaning of development and governance and that’s why the people voted for it and gave support to the party,” said BJP winner from Gurgaon Umesh Aggarwal. “The results have silenced all, including
the Congress, who during every campaign in the last four months, have talked about
how Modi wave was a myth. Modi is a mass leader and it is his stature that made the people of Haryana gave the BJP
a chance to come to power,” said Rao Narbir of BJP from Mewat. The results have silenced all, including the Congress, who during every campaign in the last four months, have talked about how Modi wave was a myth. Modi is a mass leader and it is his stature that made the people of Haryana gave the BJP a chance to come to power. — Rao Narbir, BJP leader ‘Epitome of development’Modi wave is an epitome of development and people have voted for it. The four-month rule at the Centre gave people the true meaning of development and governance and that’s why the people voted for it. — Umesh Aggarwal, BJP winner from Gurgaon
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HJC’s drubbing reduces Bishnoi to a fringe player
Hisar, October 19 The HJC’s drubbing in the Assembly poll across the state, including the defeat of his elder brother Chander Mohan from the Nalwa segment, who was trying to rehabilitate in politics overcoming his controversial past, indicate that the party faces a threat to its political survival. Now, only the Bishnoi couple would represent the party in the Assembly. Bishnoi has won from the Adampur seat, which would be represented by the family for the 14th time in a row, and his wife Renuka won from the Hansi seat in the district. But this is the worse performance for the party which won six seats in the 2009 Assembly elections. The HJC has polled a mere 3.6 per cent vote in the Assembly polls, which is a drastic drop in comparison to the 2009 Assembly elections when the party secured 7.41 votes and won six seats from different places in the state. He even failed to retain the traditional support base in the districts, including Karnal, Faridabad and Ahirwal, where his father and former Chief Minister Bhajan Lal had a considerable following. The political experts maintained that Bishnoi seems to have conceded his vote bank as well as the plank of the non-Jat politics to the BJP. “His strategy to consolidate the non-Jat votes by effecting an alliance with the parties was virtually hijacked by the BJP. His loss in the Lok Sabha poll, provided the BJP an opportunity to further corner him,” he said.
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BJP wins all seven seats in Ahirwal
Rewari, October 19 Significantly, the party did not have even a single legislator from here in the previous government. Moreover, the five seats- Rewari, Kosli, Bawal, Ateli and Nangal Choudhry- were the ones where the BJP had never won. The party had won from Mahendragarh in 1996 and from Narnaul in 1987 when Ram Bilas Sharma defeated Rao Daan Singh in Mahendragarh and Kailash Chand Sharma trounced Congress’s Phusa Ram in Narnaul. This time, the BJP nominees- Ram Bilas Sharma from Mahendragarh, Randhir Kaprivaas from Rewari, Om Prakash Yadav from Narnaul, Dr Banwari Lal from Bawal, Bikram Singh Thekedar from Kosli, Santosh Yadav from Ateli and Rao Abhey Singh from Nangal Choudhry have won. Except Sharma, all the six candidates have won for the first time while Banwari, Abhey and Bikram are greenhorns. Significantly, the Congress could not win even a single seat despite fielding its heavyweight leaders in all Assembly segments, except Nangal Choudhry. Six-time MLA Capt Ajay Yadav, there time MLAs Rao Daan Singh, Anita Yadav and Rao Narendra and two-time MLA Rao Yadavendra Singh failed at the hustings. This region had five MLAs in the Hooda government. Winners and losers
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Jatland surprises, picks Prem Lata over Dushyant
Springing a surprise, Prem Lata got 79,674 votes as against 72,194 of INLD MP and rival Dushyant Chautala, defeating him by 7,480 votes. Ever since she was given the BJP ticket, political pundits were favouring Dushyant, who got a lead of over 50,000 votes from here in the General Election. The constituency witnessed highest 85.21 per cent polling since the stakes were high in the Chaudhary Birender vs the INLD contest. Political pundits say Chaudhary Birender Singh has silenced his critics with the win and justified his decision to part ways
with the Congress after 42 years. Prem Lata Singh said she would resign immediately if her husband got a chance to serve as the Chief minister. “I will immediately vacate my seat for my husband if he gets a chance to serve Haryana as Chief Minister. Chaudhary sahib would ensure equal development as he never takes any decision with a biased mindset,” Prem Lata said. She also said she had nothing personal against Dushyant Chautala. “It’s politics… you win some, you lose some.” Dushyant said his party respected the voters’ mandate and would analyse their shortcomings and work hard to rectify these. “We would work hard to strengthen the party after thoroughly analysing the reasons for the defeat,” he said. |
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BJP win 3 of 4 in Kurukshetra
Kurukshetra, October 19 The biggest gainer here was the BJP. From drawing a blank in the 2009 Assembly poll, the BJP won Thanesar, Ladwa and Shahbad. The most significant win was undoubtedly that of Subhash Sudha (BJP) from Thanesar, defeating sitting INLD MLA and party state chief Ashok Arora by 25,638 votes. He polled 68,080 votes against 42,442 votes polled by Arora while Pawan Garag of the Congress polled 13,769 votes. Shahbad BJP candidate Krishan Bedi defeated his nearest rival Ramkaran Kala of the INLD in a close contests by 562 votes. Sitting MLA Anil Dhantori of the Congress ended third. Jaswinder Singh Sandhu of the INLD won the Pehowa seat defeating Jai Bhagwan Sharma (BJP) by 9,347 votes. Mandeep Chattha (Congress), son of Harmohinder Singh Chattha, who has been MLA for two consecutive terms, finished third. The BJP’s win in Ladwa came as a shocker and another setback for the INLD as the constituency was considered the stronghold of sitting MLA Sher Singh Barshami, who is in jail following his conviction in the JBT scam along with the Chautalas. His wife Bachan Kaur contested the election but lost to BJP’s Dr Pawan Saini by a margin of 2,992 votes. Celebrations & gloom
While the streets of the holy city got ‘Modi’fied, BJP workers celebrated with ‘gulal’ and quintals of laddoos. They took out a ‘Vijay Juloos’ with dhol and nagadas. Party offices of the Congress and the INLD were deserted after the verdict.
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BJP all the way in Yamunanagar, Cong candidates lose deposit
Yamunanagar, October 19 BJP and INLD candidates locked horns in the segments of Yamunanagar, Sadhaura and Radaur. Except Jagadhri, INLD candidates managed to save their security deposits. However, all four Congress candidates lost their security deposits. Congress candidate and sitting Sadhaura MLA Rajpal Bhukhri got only 21,299 votes followed by Subhash Chaudhry (Radaur) with 19,158 votes, Dr Krishna Pandit (Yamunanagar) with 9,603 votes and Bhupal Singh Bhatti (Jagadhri) with 9,527 votes. “People of this district have suffered discrimination in terms of development and employment in the Congress’ rule. Therefore, they have taught a lesson to the Congress candidates by ensuring they lose their security deposits,” said Kanwalvir, a voter of Kharwan village. From Yamunanagar Assembly constituency, BJP’s Ghan Shyam Dass, a law graduate and veteran party leader, won. He defeated sitting INLD MLA Dilbag Singh by a massive 79,743 votes. Dass had contested three Assembly elections unsuccessfully. In Jagadhri constituency, Kanwar Pal Gurjar, elected MLA in 2000 also on BJP ticket, succeeded to snatch the seat from sitting BSP MLA and Deputy Speaker Akram Khan. Kanwar Pal got 74,018 votes while Akram Khan could get only 39,976 votes.
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It’s time for celebration at state BJP headquarters
Rohtak, October 19 The gathering exploded into festivities as soon as the news of saffron party’s Rohtak nominee Manish Grover’s victory broke out. BJP members and sympathisers started dancing to “dhol” beats, applied “gulal” on one another and distributed sweets to celebrate his victory. Some enthusiastic youngsters also burst crackers to mark the occasion. The fact that Grover has been able to make it to the Assembly after three unsuccessful attempts enhanced the joy of his supporters and party workers manifold. The BJP members and supporters remained glued to a television set at the state party office and keenly watched the election results. They lauded each gain of the party by clapping hands and raising slogans. As soon as the announcement of the saffron party attaining the majority was made, the festive spirit got revived with new vigour. Leaders, members, workers, supporters and sympathizers of the saffron party also took out a victory procession in the town to celebrate their victory and express gratitude to the electors. Manish Grover, flanked by Manmohan Goel and other socio-political figures, thanked the residents and accepted their greetings as his supporters showered flower petals on the onlookers.
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Loyalists stick to INLD in Mewat
Gurgaon, October 19 In Nuh it was INLD’s candidate Zakir Hussain who defeated Aftab Ahmed of the Congress with a margin of around 32,000 votes. Hussain had also contested the Lok Sabha elections and had given a tough fight to BJP’s Rao Indereet Singh in this area even winning in some parts. There was an apparent grievance among Nuh residents on why the BJP didn’t field a Muslim candidate from Nuh. Similarly Nasim Ahmed of the party registered a close win in Ferozpur Jhirka against a popular Independent candidate Maman Khan by 3,245 votes. The polling here emphasised the fact that for the voters of the Muslim-dominated Mewat district in Haryana, former Haryana Chief Minister and leader of INLD Om Prakash Chautala is the icon. Even Chautala’s jail term for alleged corruption hasn’t dented his popularity among the people here. A deviation from this predicted trend was seen in Punhana where Independent candidate Rahsh Khan defeated INLDs sitting MLA Mohammad Illiyas with a margin of around 3,141 votes. “The voters here know what the Congress did to them as they are still struggling for infrastructure. They saw no hope in BJP as well. We have a long association with these people and will strive to give Mewat its due. We will give a true development model for Mewat,” said Zakir Hussain. |
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INLD succeeds to keep its Sirsa base intact
Sirsa, October 19 The party not only won five seats in the district, but also won eight of the nine Assembly seats falling under Sirsa parliamentary seat –
Dabwali, Rania, Ellenabad, Sirsa and Kalanwali in Sirsa district, Fatehabad and Ratia in Fatehabad and Narwana in Jind district. While INLD itself won seven out of these eight seats, Kalanwali went into the account of its alliance partner Shiromani Akali Dal (B). The only seat which the INLD lost in Sirsa was
Tohana, which went to BJP’s Subhash Barala. INLD’s Naina Singh Chautala defeated KV Singh of the Congress, her father-in-law Om Prakash Chautala’s cousin, by a margin of 8,545 votes. Naina polled 68,029 votes against 59,484 votes polled by her nearest rival. In
Ellenabad, Abhay Singh Chautala polled 69,162 votes to defeat his nearest rival and his old associate Pawan Beniwal of the
BJP, who got 57,623 votes, by a margin 11,539 votes. |
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4-time loser Kaprivaas ends Capt Yadav’s winning streak
But this time thanks to the Modi wave coupled with the anti-incumbency resulted in his win. He was also supported by Union Minister Rao Inderjit Singh. Kaprivaas and Yadav took on each other in the assembly battle first time in 1996 when the former while contesting the election as an Independent lost to the latter by a margin of 1,767 votes. They were again in the fray in the 2000 elections when Yadav emerged victorious after defeating his nearest rival Vijay Somany by 4924 votes. Kaprivaas came third. — TNS
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Panipat voters reject one and elect the other turncoat
Panipat, October 19 Panwar was victorious but Chhoker was rejected by the voters. The former won after defeating his nearest rival, Balbir Singh Valmiki of the Congress. The latter was defeated by Independent Ravinder
Machrouli. Chhoker and four other HJC MLAs, including Satpal Sangwan, Vinod
Bhayana, Rao Narender Singh and Zile Ram Chochra, had “merged” their party with Congress for paving way for BS Hooda to again become the CM in 2009. They were disqualified by HC on October 9. Panwar justified his decision of quitting the INLD and said “Actually, it’s not me who left the
INLD, but it’s the party which ignored me by giving ticket to a novice, Balwan Singh
Valmiki, from Israna.” |
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Dera factor plays its part in BJP win
Sirsa, October 19 Though the saffron party has not won a single seat in this district, where the dera’s headquarters are based, political observers believe that its support towards the end of the campaign tilted the scales in BJP’s
favour. The BJP had predicted to form the government in Haryana with majority soon after the Lok Sabha elections, but political observers were not ready to discount the
INLD. Its resurgence since the Jind rally organised to mark Devi Lal’s birth anniversary and former CM Om Prakash Chautala’s whirlwind campaign gave a scare to the
BJP. This, political observers say, prompted the dera, opposed to the INLD all these years, to support the BJP and withdraw support to the Congress that was facing anti-incumbency. Sirsa dera effect palpable in Karnal
Karnal: Political pundits say the Dera Sacha Sauda’s support to the BJP played a massive role in Karnal district. The BJP candidates from Indri, Nilokehri, Assandh and Gharaunda, locked in tough contests, won the seats with a handsome margin. The population of dera in these segments is significant. |
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Stone-pelting by supporters in Kaithal; many injured, vehicles damaged
Kaithal, October 19 The situation was controlled by the timely arrival of the police. Sources said that Surjewala and Randhir Singh, a brother of Jai Parkash also helped defuse the situation. The incident occurred when the supporters of both the groups came face to face outside the counting centre at the RKSD College premises. They started raising slogans in favour of their candidates but the situation took and ugly turn when the workers started pelting stones at each other. SP Kuldeep Singh Yadav and DC NK Solanki rushed to the spot with heavy police posse and warned the warring groups. No case was registered but many vehicles parked on the roadside suffered damage due to the incident. |
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90% Karnal nominees
forfeit deposits
Karnal, October 19 Of the 89 candidates, only nine saved their security deposits. Two sitting MLAs — Sumita Singh (Karnal) and Zile Ram Sharma (Assandh) — were among those who could not poll one-sixth of the votes. In Karnal, Indri and Assandh, all but winning candidates — Manohar Lal Khattar (Karnal), Karan Dev Kamboj (Indri) and Bakshish Singh Virk (Assandh) — forfeited their security deposits. Two candidates from Nilokehri — INLD’s Mamu Ram and Congress’ Gian Sahota — saved their deposits. At Gharaunda, Narendra Sangwan of the INLD and Virender Rathore of the Congress polled more than one-sixth of the votes polled. All remaining candidates from these two seats could not save their security deposits. 2,342 opt for NOTA In all, 2,342 voters pressed NOTA (none of the above) button in five Assembly segments of Karnal district. The maximum number of NOTA votes was in Indri (716), followed by Karnal (589), Nilokehri (459), Gharaunda (293) and Assandh (285)
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Surjewala retains Kaithal, INLD’s Majra loses Kalayat
KAITHAL, OCTOBER 19 In Kaithal, Haryana minister and sitting MLA Randeep Singh Surjewala defeated Kailash Bhagat (INLD) by a huge margin of 23,453 votes. The INLD lost the Kalayat seat represented by Ram Pal Majra to former Union Deputy Minister Jai Parkash, who jumped into the fray as an Independent and won this seat by 8,451 votes In Guhla (SC), Kulwant Bajigar (BJP) got 36,563 votes and defeated his nearest rival, Dillu Ram (Cong) by 2,455 votes. |
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HSGMC proves a flop show for Cong
Karnal, October 19 The Congress had fulfilled the long-pending demand for a gurdwara committee for the state in the run up to the elections, but the move did not help the party. HSGMC president Jagdish Singh Jhinda, senior vice-president Didar Singh Nalvi and other leaders had campaigned for the Congress. The BJP has won Kalka, Nariangarh, Sadhaura, Jagadhri, Yamunanagar, Mullana, Ambala Cantt, Ambala City, Shahbad, Ladwa, Indri, Thanesar, Nilokehri, Karnal, Assandh, Gharaunda and Panipat City, while the INLD-SAD candidates won from Pehowa, Guhla, Narwana, Tohana, Ratia, Fatheabad, Kalanwali, Dabwali and Rania. The Congress’ lone victory was from
Kaithal.
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Sweet victory for Ram Bilas after 18 yrs
Mahendragarh, October 19 Sharma polled 83,724 votes while Singh got 49,233 votes. Except these two leaders, no other candidate succeeded in save his/her security deposit. INLD’s Nirmala Tanwar managed to get barely 3,396 votes. There was a direct fight between Sharma and Singh, who had become the centre of attraction not only for Ahirwal but the entire state as both the stalwarts were taking on each other in Mahendragarh for the fifth time. It was a rare situation in the Ahirwal region as the two leaders were challenging each other for the fifth time in a row during the last 18 years.
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The BJP has emerged as the largest single party in Haryana, paving the way for the formation of a stable and “Centre-supported” government.
In the line of fire for failing to deliver for the Congress in the state, outgoing Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda won’t be the leader of the party in the state Assembly.
Top sources today told The Tribune that Bhupinder Singh Hooda won’t be the Congress Legislature Party (CLP) chief in Haryana as there was no convention of a defeated CM being made the CLP leader.
Chandigarh, October 19
In a state where political dynasties, including those of the three famous “Lals”, have ruled the roost
for several decades, the October 19 Assembly election results have proved to be a mixed bag.
While the “dynasty-less” BJP did well to form a government on its own, the dynasts witnessed a mixed fortune at the hustings with the voters abandoning blind loyalty towards them.
The BJP successfully rode the Modi wave and managed to make inroads into Bhupinder Singh Hooda’s stronghold after winning two out of the four Assembly seats in Jhajjar district.
The BJP Kisan Morcha national president Om Prakash Dhankar and first-timer Naresh Kaushik romped home victorious from Badli and Bahadurgarh Assembly segments, respectively.
Uchana Kalan voters finally chose a non-Jat party candidate Prem Lata Singh of the BJP from one of the state’s hottest seat located in the heart of Jatland. Wife of Chaudhary Birender Singh, Prem Lata is the first woman legislator from this constituency and Jind district, also known as
land of khaps.
Panipat, October 19
Kaithal, October 19
Congress candidate and sitting MLA Jai Tirath Dahiya today created history by winning the election with the narrowest margin of three votes over his nearest INLD candidate Inderjit Dahiya in the Rai assembly constituency. Jai Tirath polled 36,703 votes against 36,700 by
Inderjit. The earlier record of the narrowest margin was 10 votes when Bhag Mal of the Janata Party defeated Congress candidate Prabhu Ram from Sadhaura in the 1982 assembly elections. Another 11-vote win was in favour of BJP’s Ramesh Chander over Ramesh Rana of the Samata Party in the 1996 Assembly elections.
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Jindal, India’s richest woman, was humbled by BJP nominee Kamal Gupta by 13,646 votes
Uchana Kalan, October 19
Rewari, October 19