The Congress may have won the trust vote in the Haryana assembly but infighting seems to be holding up cabinet formation. HT Correspondents report.
Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda staked his claim to form the new government in the state on Friday, having cobbled together a majority within hours of discovering the Congress party was falling six short.
Claiming the support of all seven Independent MLAs, the Haryana Congress, which is six short of simple majority in the 90-member state Assembly, today staked claim to form the next government in the state.
Rising from the ashes like a Phoenix would be the apt aphorism to describe the performance of Om Prakash Chautala’s Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) in the Haryana assembly elections.
As Congress stepped up its efforts to form government in Haryana, where assembly polls threw up a fractured verdict, Union Minister Shelja met party President Sonia Gandhi late this evening to discuss the political situation in the state.
With his party set to return to power for the second consecutive term making a record of sorts in the state, Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Thursday said that the Congress High Command will take a final decision on the name of the candidate for the coveted post.
Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Thursday won his Garhi Sampla-Kiloi assembly seat in Rohtak district by 72,100 votes.
The defeat of senior Congress leader and Haryana Finance Minister Birender Singh and State Congress chief Phool Chand Mullana in the assembly elections has come as a setback to the ruling party.
Electronic Voting Machines have become 'Electronic Victory Machines' for the Congress in the elections, BJP Vice President Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi told reporters as his party trailed in Maharashtra and Haryana polls.
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Ruling Congress was leading in 31 seats while opposition INLD was ahead in 19 seats in Harayana, according to the trends available for 70 out of the total 90 seats.
Fate of 1,222 candidates, including Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, will be decided when the counting for the 90-member Haryana assembly takes place on Thursday.
Over 70 per cent of the 13.1 million electors in Haryana voted in the 12th assembly elections on Tuesday, amidst reports of violence in which one person was killed.
Many parts of Gurgaon and Faridabad polled more than 60 pc votes; the Sohna segment recorded 73 pc
Around 65 per cent of 1.31 crore voters today cast their votes, as polling drew to a close at 5 pm for the 90-member Haryana Assembly on Tuesday sealing the fate of 1,222 candidates, including 67 women.
Amid stray incidents of violence, including a poll agent being killed, over 36 percent of Haryana's 13 million electorate cast their votes in the first six hours of polling for elections to the 90-member assembly on Tuesday.