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The BJP defied exit polls and beat anti-incumbency to win a record third term in the state. New Delhi: Still reeling from its shock defeat in Haryana, the Congress held a high-level review meeting on Thursday to assess the possible reasons for the loss with a focus on learning lessons, given the impending elections in…
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New Delhi: Leaders of the Congress, after the party’s huge setback in Haryana, met the Election Commission this evening and registered a strong complaint, alleging that Electronic Voting Machines have been hacked. Party spokesman Pawan Khera said the hacking took place across 20 seats, for seven of which they have submitted documentary evidence. The papers…
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“It’s good these people are in jail,” a fruit seller shared his frustration, keeping his shop open despite a lowered shutter in response to the lockdown called on by the separatists. The year was 2019, precisely a month after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government announced the abrogation of Article 370, and “these people” in…
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New Delhi: The Congress, notwithstanding its improved performance in the Lok Sabha election, is back to square one after its dismal show in Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir — at the receiving end of harsh criticism from allies. Less than 24 hours after the declaration of results, INDIA bloc allies including Shiv Sena, Samajwadi Party,…
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“What we have seen in Haryana today is a victory of manipulation and subverting the will of the people; it’s a defeat for transparent democratic processes…We can’t accept it.” If you heard this on TV or read it in the morning papers, you might assume it came from a radical left leader or a separatist….
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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi – fresh from celebrating a comeback win in the Haryana election Tuesday evening – was back firing barbs at the Congress this morning, accusing his rival of being an “irresponsible party” and labelling it a “factory to spread hatred”. The Congress, he raged, wants to “create fear among Muslims”…
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PM Modi also took “parjeevi” jibe at Congress over results in Jammu and Kashmir. New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday took a jibe at Congress over its complaint and subsequent letter to the Election Commission regarding “slowdown in updating results” of assembly polls in Haryana and alleged that the opposition party wants to…
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Poll body said alkaline batteries are used in the control unit of EVMs. New Delhi: Election Commission on Tuesday rejected claims by Congress leaders of alleged tampering of EVMs in some Haryana seats where machines with varying battery strength gave out different results. The Election Commission was responding to claims by Congress leaders who said…
New Delhi: The Congress on Tuesday afternoon filed a formal complaint with the Election Commission regarding a delay in publishing the leads and results of the Haryana poll. In a brief letter the opposition party said that between 9 and 11 am there was “an unexplained slowdown in updating of results”. “As you can imagine…
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The Congress is upbeat due to exit polls, though exit polls often get it wrong New Delhi: Congress general secretary KC Venugopal called a meeting with the party’s election observers in both Haryana, and Jammu and Kashmir where exit polls have forecast the party to win the assembly elections. Exit polls, however, often get it…
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