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" the saffron party was reduced ' ( Maharashtra, and stressed the ( #( !# ! $ # ! $ to 40 seats with a resurgent two parties will stick to the pre- & &'' ( %&'' ( Opposition gaining strength tured mandate notwithstand- protests of 2016 lies shattered decided “50-50” sharing for- due to agrarian crisis and grow- ing, the party’s Chief Minister to an extent this time around. mula. 2014. more seats. “The Opposition ing unemployment. would be sworn in. It will be Barely five months ago in With the early trends sug- %&'( ()! *+ ,(!&' “I thank the people of won many seats,” he said. In a hung verdict, which only after being sworn in that the Lok Sabha election, the BJP gesting the NCP and the Maharashtra for giving a clear Fadnavis also hit out at has opened the doors for back- the backstage managers of the had swept Haryana winning all Congress collectively fairing < & ( . mandate to the ‘mahayuti’ Nationalist Congress Party door negotiations and new BJP would become active to get 10 seats. Now its vote share has better than the 2014 polls, 3" + (grand alliance). No doubt the (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar, political realignments, several support from the JJP, smaller dipped by over 20 per cent. Raut ruled out the possibility of L>0+>0M $( next Government will be ours,” stating the veteran leader said new political possibilities of parties and the Independents to Political observers here felt the Shiv Sena joining hands < ' (,, ? $ he said. the Opposition parties would Government formation prove majority on the floor of that after playing the non-Jat with the Opposition parties to = ( . “In fact, it is time to cele- ensure a clean sweep in the emerged and the BJP clearly the House. card consistently over a period form the Government. = $ %& ( $' @0/A brate and not analyse. But if we election. has the advantage with the Given the fractured verdict, of five years and consolidating “The BJP and Shiv Sena ,"< = ' $ look at the result, the BJP had “We suffered only because numbers. a section of the BJP is con- other castes, the dominant will form Government in in 2014 contested 260 seats and of the rebels, they (Opposition) In the new Assembly, BJP templating whether Chief caste voted “strategically” in Maharashtra,” he told reporters won 122. This time, we fought need not be happy. We only are remains the single largest party Minister Manohar Lal Khattar this election giving the here. (3 B O 164 and are likely to get 105. forming the government, they and would stake its claim to is the best bet at this point of Congress and the JJP signifi- Asked about the possibili- ' ' ( Our strike is rate better, we won are far from being able to do form the Government. time to lead the party. His rain- cant seats in the Jat belt of the ty of the Shiv Sena embracing $ ( 6' @0/A 70% of the seats,” said Fadnavis. that,” he said. However, the biggest riddle bow coalition of non-Jat castes State at the cost of the BJP. the NCP and Congress to form Noting that he BJP received Fadnavis’s statement came for the party would be to get following the violent Jat Continued on Page 4 Government, Raut said, “No, He noted that NCP chief As per the results, the BJP 28% of the total votes in the minutes after Sena chief the requisite numbers to get a we fought the polls in alliance Sharad Pawar “using his expe- and the Shiv Sena won 105 2014 Assembly elections, he Uddhav Thackarey said there majority in the 90-member with the BJP. We will go ahead rience” and fanning parts of the seats and 56 seats respectively. said, “This time we have got was a 50-50 deal with the BJP House. In such a scenario, the with the tie-up. There will be state also gave some success to The Opposition NCP and 26.5% of the votes despite con- and it should be clear as to who fledgling Jananayak Janata no change in the pre-decided the Opposition party. the Congress got 54 and 44 testing 164 seats.” should be the Chief Minister. Party (JJP) holds the key. 50-50 formula.” “But we are also winning seats respectively. The BJP contested on 164 In 2014, the BJP had won The JJP — the surprise He said Shiv Sena president seats in good number,” the In his first Press conference of the 288 seats in the state 122 seats in the state and the package this election and the Uddhav Thackeray and Chief Rajya Sabha member added. after the BJP emerged as the while its ally, the Shiv Sena, Sena 63 — effectively making true inheritors of the legacy of Minister Devendra Fadnavis On BJP candidate single largest party in fought on 124. Fadnavis said the Narendra Modi-Amit Jat leader Chaudhary Devi Lal will hold talks on implement- Udayanraje Bhosale trailing Maharashtra, Chief Minister that 15 Independent and rebel Shah-led BJP the “big brother” — would take a call on extend- ing the formula. against NCP’s Srinivas Patil in Devendra Fadnavis on candidates are in touch with in the alliance. ing support on Friday. On the Congress and NCP the Satara Lok Sabha seat Thursday said his party’s strike him. Indirectly hinting at the The traditional alliance Government sources indi- collectively fairing better than bypoll, Raut said the former rate has been the best ever in Sena’s claim for the Chief between the two has since cated that Governor Satyadev the 2014 polls in the State, Raut “was to face defeat”. the history of the state even Minister’s post, Fadnavis said been stormy, with the Sena Narayan Arya would invite the said the Opposition also needs Bhosale quit the NCP though it won fewer seats com- the Opposition had performed repeatedly attacking the BJP on single largest party BJP to form to be strong in a democracy. recently to join the BJP. pared to the Assembly polls in better and managed to win different fronts. the Government and the frac- !" # ;6%*.6<; Q) R% + ' ut of the three sporting Ostars fielded by the BJP in the polls, only one managed to '&' While both national parties secure a victory for the party. ;6%*.6<; ended short of securing a The BJP had fielded majority in the 90-member Commonwealth wrestling he “overconfident” and Haryana Assembly, the fledg- champion Babita Phogat from " $"% T“overenthusiastic” ling party-Jannayak Janta Party Dadri, Olympic wrestling &&' $( Bharatiya Janata Party, which led by former Member medallist Yogeshwar Dutt had set a target of winning “75 Parliament Dushyant Chautala from Baroda and former plus” seats in 90-member emerged as a key player in the national hockey team captain Haryana Assembly, failed to poll results. Sandeep Singh from Pehowa. even secure a clear majority as The BJP secured 40 seats, All three were first-time can- !"! #$% * the poll results on Thursday Congress won on 31, JJP man- didates. & $ yielded a hung House. aged to grab 10 seats, Indian Sandeep recorded his $ While most of the exit National Lok Dal and Haryana maiden election victory from polls had predicted a comfort- Lokhit Party won one seat Pehowa seat in Kurukshetra * $ able victory for the saffron each and seven independents district and defeated Congress +( ( party, the actual poll results were elected to the House. candidate Mandeep Singh , $ O( . stood in stark contrast, and is Even as the BJP has failed to Chathha by a margin of 5,314 % & seen possibly one of the most emerge as a single largest party, votes. telling political embarrass- the saffron party is set to form In Dadri, Babita could & '( ments suffered by the BJP in the Government for the second secure only third place as an ' ()* the recent past. consecutive term in Haryana, Independent Sombir won the !!,- ( As the electors in Jatland- the political observers say. which came into existence after Aam Aadmi Party, Bahujan to 31 in the poll results declared seat. Sombir polled 43,849 37,530 votes and Krishan Haryana voted for a hung They say that the JJP with the split in Indian National Lok Samaj Party, Loktantra on Thursday. votes followed by 29,319 of Hooda secured 42,379 votes. ' /0 " Assembly, the BJP failed to 10 seats in its kitty and seven Dal last year. Suraksha Party and Swaraj The INLD which had man- JJP’s Satpal Sangwan and The most “famous” 10+0 ( maintain its winning momen- independents will now play a The ballot battle in India in the fray. aged to win 19 seats in 2014 24,502 of Babita Phogat.