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FRIDAY OCTOBER 25, 2019 CHANDIGARH VOL. XXIII, NO. 256 PAGES 12 Rs. 2 YUGMARGYOUR REGION, YOUR PAPER Hung house in Haryana BJP misses target, but to form govt JJP, Independents to play key role BJP-40, CONGRESS-31, JJP-10, OTHERS-9 RAJENDRA KHATRY Chief Minister’s seat as a condition CHANDIGARH, OCT 24 ‘Too early to pick sides’: Dushyant for support. On the other hand Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Contrary to the predictions of a land- Khattar was summoned to Delhi by Eight ministers, state slide victory for the BJP in the to meet party MLAs today BJP president and Union Home Min- Haryana assembly elections, by a ma- ister Amit Shah for discussion. JIND: Jannayak Janata Party (JJP) chief Dushyant jority of the exit polls, except one, the Chautala, who may turn kingmaker as Haryana The Congress, which had a late ruling party in the state even failed to heads for a hung assembly, today said he will dis- resurgence, did well to put up a big BJP chief among losers win enough seats on its own to form cuss his future course of action with party MLAs as challenge to the BJP. The Congress the government. The result is a hung soon as he has the Election Commission’s “victory had earlier rejected all the exit polls assembly in Haryana. Surprisingly the certificate” in hand. The meeting with MLAs, he said, predicting huge victory for the BJP. anti-incumbency factor was not will happen on Friday. All along Congress leaders, including recognised by anyone. “Slips from a VVPAT machine is still underway. As CLP leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda In the 90 member House in soon as I get the certificate, I will hold a meeting Haryana Congress president Kumari Haryana, the BJP emerged as the with MLAs tomorrow and decide the future course of Selja had been claiming that the Con- largest party and the Congress stood action. It is too early to say which party we will side gress will win the poll and form gov- second. But both were not able to with. But I believe that the state wants change, and ernment in Haryana. form the government on its own. The the JJP will bring it,” news agency ANI quoted Mr However, before this, political trends showed BJP winning 40 seats Chautala as saying. As per official trends reported pundits were not expecting such a per- compared to 31 of Congress. As a re- by the Election Commission, the BJP has won 30 formance by the Congress. Jat and sult, Dushyant Chautala, leader of the seats and is leading in another 10 across the state. The Congress, on the other Dalit combinations are also being re- 11-month old Jannayak Janta Party hand, has won 24 seats and is leading in seven. If the election results throw up a ported as a major reason for the good (JJP) with just around 10 seats now hung assembly, the 10 seats won by Mr Chautala’s party will help it emerge as the performance of the Congress in holds the key to power. kingmaker in the state. Haryana. That is the reason why the Incidentally key is also the elec- Congress, which is struggling with in- tion symbol of JJP. Dushyant will the BJP were several ministers, in- lost. ternal conflicts just before the elec- meet Amit Shar tomorrow. Indepen- cluding Capt Abhimanyu, Ram Bilas Parleys have been going on tion, has performed so well in the As- dents and small parties with 9 seats Sharma. Kavita Jain, O P Dhankar, among leaders and both the BJP and sembly elections. too may play a role in the government Krishan Bedi, Krishan Panwar. Ran- the Congress are keen to have JJP on Complete trust in Hooda paid formation. deep Surjewala Ashok Arora and its side. Speculations were rife that Congress good dividends in the As- Among the prominent losers in Kuldeep Sharma of the Congress also Dushyant Chautala had demanded the sembly elections. CHANDIGARH, OCT 24 Dhankar (Badli), Kavita Jain (Sonipat), Kr- ishan Lal Panwar (Israna), Manish Kumar Azam Khan's wife Eight Haryana ministers lost the assembly Grover (Rohtak), Krishan Kumar Bedi BJP-Sena retain power in Maha elections, which saw just two of the 10 (Shahbad), and Karan Dev Kamboj Tazeen Fatma ministers fielded by the ruling BJP return- (Radaur). The BJP had earlier denied tick- MUMBAI : The BJP-Shiv Sena electoral juggernaut met with some re- ing to the state assembly. ets to two of its ministers-Vipul Goel and wins Rampur coalition was Thursday on course to sistance in Maharashtra and Haryana Cabinet minister and five-time MLA Rao Narbir Singh. The saffron party's idea by-elections retain power albeit with a reduced ma- with a resurgent Congress performing Anil Vij retained his traditional bastion of of shifting minister Karan Dev Kamboj NEW DELHI: Tanzeen Fatima, jority in Maharashtra where the oppo- creditably in the northern state. Ambala Cantonment, whereas minister of from Indri to Raduar also failed to yield wife of senior Samajwadi Party sition Congress-NCP alliance put up a The Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP) state Dr Banwari Lal emerged victorious positive results. Khattar retained his Karnal (SP) party leader and Rampur good show while BJP-ruled Haryana was set to emerge as the single largest from Bawal. constituency. Grover and Kamboj lost to MP Azam Khan has won the by- appeared headed for a hung assembly party in Haryana followed by the Con- Vij drubbed Congress rebel Chitra Sar- their rivals by just over 2,000 votes, where- elections from the Rampur As- and JJP chief Dushyant Chautala set to gress. wara, who fought as independent, by over as other ministers faced defeat by over sembly constituency. become the kingmaker. The NDA The Sharad Pawar-led Nationalist 20,000 votes. Dr Lal retained Bawal, de- 10,000 votes. Lone woman minister in the Fatima, the Rajya Sabha MP claimed victory on 159 seats, whereas Congress Party(NCP) not only im- feating Dr M L Ranga by over 32,000 Khattar cabinet, Kavita Jain, a three-time bagged the seat winning by a Congress and NCP grabbed 105 seats. proved its performance in Maharash- votes. The minister who lost the elections MLA, lost her traditional Sonipat seat to margin of over 7700 votes. Fati- In the first Assembly elections af- tra but fared even better than senior are Ram Bilas Sharma (Mahendragarh), Surender Panwar of the Congress by a mar- ma secured 79043 votes while ter the BJP’s triumph in the Lok Sab- partner Congress by contesting lesser Capt Abhimanyu (Narnaund), Om Prakash gin of over 32,000 votes. her nearest rival BJP candidate ha polls in May, the saffron party’s number of seats. secured 71327 votes. By-elections to the Rampur As- sembly seat, considered an SP bastion, were necessitated after Azam Khan won the Lok Sabha elections from the constituency Eight women elected to Cong retains Mukerian seat; earlier this year and vacated the MLA post. BJP fielded Bharat Bhushan Haryana Assembly from the seat and Chief Minister wrests Jalalabad, Phagwara Yogi Adityanath held three ral- lies in his favour. SP chief CHANDIGARH, OCT 24 mer Haryana assembly speaker Kuldeep Akhilesh also campaigned for Sharma from Ganaur seat by more than AGENCY She defeated her nearest rival BJP Khan's wife in the constituency. Eight women won in the Haryana As- 10,000 votes. Congress candidate and CHANDIGARH, OCT 24 candidate Jangi Lal Mahajan with a mar- SAD wins Dakha Khan is facing a slew of criminal sembly election, results of which were former minister Geeta Bhukkal retained gin of 3440 votes. She polled in 53910 CHANDIGARH: In a blow to the Con- cases in connection with land declared on Thursday. Jhajjar reserve seat by trouncing BJP's Congress retained its Mukerian seat and votes as against 50470 votes polled in by gress, Shiromani Akali Dal candidate encroachments by the Moham- Jannayak Janta Party candidate Rakesh Kumar by 14,999 votes. While wrested Jalalabad seat from the Shiro- her rival Jangi Lal Mahajan. Manpreet Singh Ayali defeated ruling par- mad Ali Jauhar University. Over Naina Chautala defeated Congress nom- Congress candidate Shakuntla Khatak mani Akali Dal and Phagwara seat from Indu was put to contest the by-elec- ty nominee Sandeep Singh Sandhu from 80 cases have been registered inee Ranbir Singh Mahendra from the defeated BJP's Ram Avtar from the Bharatiya Janta Party in the by-elec- tion by the Congress after her husband, the Dakha seat by a margin of 14,672 against the SP leader who has Bardha seat with a margin of more than Kalanaur reserve seat by over 10,000 tions of all four seats, held on October the sitting Mukerian MLA of the party, votes. to appear before the Special In- 13,000 votes. votes, BJP's Kamlesh Dhanda defeated 21, counting for which was held on got expired. The Dakha seat fell vacant following the vestigation Team (SIT) in con- Chautala has been a legislator from Congress candidate Jay Parkash from Thursday. Congress confiscated Phagwara (re- resignation of former AAP leader and not- nection with these cases from Dabwali seat and is the mother of JJP Kalayat seat by over 8,000 votes. Con- The fourth seat went to SAD candi- serve) seat from BJP. Party candidate ed Supreme Court lawyer H S Phoolka time to time. leader Dushyant Chautala. gress candidate Shalley defeated BJP's date Manpreet Singh Ayali, who contest- Balwinder Singh Dhaliwal defeated from the state assembly. BJP's Seema Trikha won from Bad- Surender Singh from Naraingarh seat ed from Dakha Assembly segment.