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Haryana polls: Situation of BJP is worrisome, says Birender Singh. Updates

Haryana Assembly elections: The Haryana Assembly elections are set for October 5, with vote counting on October 8

Kisan Mahapanchayat: Farmers not to support or oppose any party in polls

In the Kisan Mahapanchayat held at Uchana in Haryana's Jind district on Sunday, it was decided not to support or oppose any party in the elections, a farmer leader said. A large number of farmers from Haryana, Punjab and other states attended the Mahapanchayat held under the aegis of the Bharatiya Kisan Naujawan Union. Farmer leaders like Jagjit Singh Dallewal, Shravan Singh Pandher, and Abhimanyu Kohad participated in it. Providing information about the decision taken in the Mahapanchayat, Dallewal said, We (farmers movement) have nothing to do with the elections. Our aim is to strengthen the movement. We will neither help anyone nor oppose anyone in the elections. To strengthen our movement, we will make people aware of the failures of the government and the decisions taken against the farmers.' He said, 'The next Mahapanchayat will be held on September 22 in Pipli, Kurukshetra. The demands for which we are protesting are not only of Punjab, Haryana, but of the farmers of the whol

Haryana polls: Will stake claim for CM's post if party wins, says Anil Vij

Senior BJP leader and former Minister Anil Vij on Sunday said he will stake claim for the chief minister's post if the party returns to power in Haryana after the October 5 Assembly polls. The six-time MLA's remarks come at a time when the party has already made it clear that Nayab Singh Saini will be the chief minister if the BJP returns to power. Saini is also the party's chief ministerial face in the polls. "I never sought anything from the party till today...people from Haryana are coming to meet me. Even in Ambala, people tell me that I am senior-most why I did not become CM. On demand of the people, and on the basis of seniority, this time I will stake claim to become chief minister," Vij said. Whether the party makes me or not, it is up to them. But if they make me CM, I will change Haryana's 'takdeer and tasveer' (face and destiny of Haryana), the Ambala Cantt MLA said. When asked to clarify the remarks he made while interacting with reporters in Ambala, Vij later told PTI

Cong coming to power in Haryana, says Hooda; asks criminals to leave state

Former Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Sunday said the Congress will form the next government in Haryana and warned criminals to either give up crime or leave the state before October 8, the day poll results will be out. Addressing an election meeting in Assoda village here, Hooda said the aim of the Congress government will be to make Haryana "developed and safe". "A Congress government is going to be formed in the state on October 8. Before that, either stop your criminal activities or leave Haryana," Hooda said in a warning to the criminals of the state. "The aim of the Congress government will be to make Haryana developed and safe," he said and appealed to the people to vote for Congress candidate Rajendra Joon. Hooda told the gathering that when the Congress returned to power in Haryana in 2005, it eradicated crime, and law and order was maintained for 10 years. "Due to this, the state progressed, and Haryana became the number one state in the country in terms of ...

Saini is BJP's CM face in Haryana, asserts Pradhan after Vij stakes claim

Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini is the BJP's CM face and the party will score a hattrick of wins in the state under his leadership, Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan asserted on Sunday after its senior leader Anil Vij said he will stake claim for the CM's post if the party returns to power after the October 5 assembly polls. "Being a party worker he may have said so but Nayab Singh Saini is the BJP's CM face," Pradhan, the Union Education Minister who is also the party's incharge for Haryana polls, told reporters in Karnal when asked about Vij's comment. Earlier, Vij, who is a six-time MLA and former minister, said he would stake a claim for the CM's post due to his seniority, and the party will take a call. "I never sought anything from the party till today... people from Haryana are coming to meet me. Even in Ambala, people tell me that I am the senior-most, so why did I not become the CM. On the people's demand and on the basis of seniority, this time I will stake claim

Haryana polls: If elected, health, employment will be top focus, says BJP

Pitted against his cousin and Congress rival Mohd Illyas, BJP candidate from Punhana segment of Haryana's Nuh district Mohd Aizaz Khan said employment, health and education will be his focus and asserted that the lotus bloom will bloom in the region. Khan is among two candidates from the Muslim community fielded by the BJP for the Haryana polls, the other being Naseem Ahmed, a former MLA, who is in fray from the Ferozepur Jhirkha segment. The BJP candidate said people remember the time when his father Chaudhary Sardar Khan, a former Haryana minister, gave jobs to nearly 4,600 youth from Mewat region. "Employment, health, and education will be my top focus (if elected). My aim will also be to bring a university to the region, improve infrastructure and fulfil the dreams which my father had for this region...Going by the huge support of the people I am getting, I am confident that 'lotus' will bloom here," the 56-year-old law graduate told PTI. He asserted that the BJP government in

J-K politicians pip Haryana's in seeking permissions for rallies, venues

Politicians in Jammu and Kashmir have sought and received around four times more permissions for organising rallies and booking meeting venues than their counterparts in Haryana, official data shows. While assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir are being held in three phases beginning September 18, in Haryana the democratic exercise will take place in a single phase on October 5. According to data available with offices of chief electoral officers of Jammu and Kashmir and Haryana, over 3,100 permissions for rally grounds and halls have been granted so far in the Union territory via the Election Commission's Suvidha application. In Haryana, the number of permissions stand at over 850, according to latest data available on the Suvidha application. During their review visit to Jammu and Kashmir on September 11 and 12, EC officials have told the UT administration that no last-minute restrictions would be imposed on the number of participants allowed in rallies or meetings. The ...

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Delhi CM Kejriwal holds meeting with AAP leaders, to campaign in Haryana

The meeting took place a day after Kejriwal was released on bail in the excise policy case. AAP leaders said Kejriwal will campaign in Haryana, where the party is contesting on all 90 assembly seats

Haryana has decided BJP will score hat-trick: PM Modi at Kurukshetra rally

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said Haryana has decided that the BJP will score a hat-trick by winning the October 5 assembly polls in the state. Addressing his first rally in the state in run up to the polls, Modi attacked the Congress on various issues, while praised his government's work in its new term. He said the new NDA government at the centre is yet to complete 100 days but it has already started work worth nearly Rs 15 lakh-crore. Attacking previous Congress governments in Haryana, Modi said, "We have seen that period of the Congress government when money for development used to be limited to one district only." The BJP undertook development work in an equitable manner, Modi said. He said the Congress' politics has reduced to spreading falsehood and anarchy in country. Today's Congress has become a new form of urban Naxal and they do not feel any shame in speaking lies, he said. The prime minister attacked the Congress over farmers' issues as well, saying the

UP liquor shops near Haryana border to be shut ahead of polls. Top updates

Haryana Assembly elections: Liquor stores in Uttar Pradesh districts within 3 km of the Haryana border will be shut 48 hours before voting on October 5

Haryana polls: Hisar, Julana among 11 high-stake seats. Full list, details

The upcoming Haryana Assembly elections are generating significant anticipation, as the BJP and Congress prepare to contest across 90 seats. Polling is set for Oct 5, and results will be out on Oct 8

Haryana Assembly elections: Congress releases list of 40 star campaigners

Haryana Assembly polls: Olympian Vinesh Phogat, Bajrang Punia, Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu among others are the star campaigners for the Congress party

Kejriwal will campaign in Haryana, to fight polls with double energy

Shortly after Arvind Kejriwal was granted bail by the Supreme Court, AAP's Haryana unit chief Sushil Gupta on Friday said his party supremo will campaign in the state, where the people are looking for a change. "We will now fight the polls with double energy. Kejriwal ji will soon start his campaign in Haryana," Gupta said as he hailed the Supreme Court decision granting bail to the Delhi chief minister. Gupta, whose party is fighting the October 5 Assembly polls on its own, said the people are waiting to "oust" the BJP from power. "Development has come to a standstill during the BJP's time. People are waiting for October 5 to oust them from power," he said. He further said, "people are looking for a 'badlav' (change), they want to elect an honest government, which can ensure good education and health facilities, round-the-clock power supply and overall development". "People want to bring the AAP to power and we will win the polls," Gupta told PTI. The Supreme Court on Friday gra

Haryana Assembly dissolved ahead of polls to prevent constitutional issues

The dissolution follows a recommendation from Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini's council of ministers to dissolve the Assembly early and prevent a constitutional crisis

PM Modi, HM Shah among BJP's 40 star campaigners for Haryana elections

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP president J P Nadda, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath are among the party's 40 star campaigners for the Haryana Assembly polls. Union Ministers Nitin Gadkari, M L Khattar, Arjun Ram Meghwal, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Dharmendra Pradhan, Ravneet Singh Bittu, Rao Inderjit Singh and Krishan Pal Gurjar also figure in the list. Other star campaigners include the party's chief minister in Haryana Nayab Singh Saini, Rajasthan's Bhajan Lal Sharma, Uttarakhand's Pushkar Singh Dhami and Assam's Himanta Biswa Sarma. BJP leaders, including Piyush Goyal, Hardeep Singh Puri, Sudha Yadav, Vasundhara Raje Scindia, Smriti Irani, Anurag Thakur, Diya Kumari, Hema Malini, Kiran Choudhry, Naveen Jindal, Kuldeep Bishnoi and Babita Phogat, are also among the list of the BJP's star campaigners. Polling for the 90 assembly seats in Haryana will be held on October 5. The results will be counted on ..

Savitri Jindal, Surjewala's son file papers for Haryana Assembly polls

Savitri is the mother of industrialist Naveen Jindal, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s Kurukshetra MP, and the widow of industrialist O P Jindal

Delhi police to monitor Haryana-based criminals' activities ahead of polls

The Delhi Police will keep track of the activities of Haryana-based criminals, who are either lodged in jail or operating their gangs from the national capital and will share the data with the poll-bound state, officials on Thursday said. Polling for the 90 Assembly seats in Haryana will be held on October 5 and the results will be declared on October 8. "Many Haryana-based criminals are lodged in Delhi jail. The Delhi police will keep strict vigil on them and their activities," a senior police officer said. The officer further said that the police will also keep a record of their communications which will be shared with the Haryana police for complete hassle-free polls in the state. Police said that many senior political leaders from the national capital will hold rallies in Haryana, thus the inputs shared by the Delhi police will play a vital role for Haryana police. "We have already asked senior police officers of Delhi's police districts which are either close to Haryana or sh

Haryana polls: Congress to contest 89 seats; one left for CPI(M). Full list

Haryana Assembly elections: The Congress aims to unseat the BJP by contesting 89 of the 90 constituencies, running solo after it failed to sign an alliance deal with the Aam Aadmi Party

Haryana Assembly polls: AAP releases sixth list of 19 candidates. Updates

Haryana Assembly elections: Polls are on October 5, counting on October 8. Nominations end on September 12, scrutiny on September 13, and withdrawal deadline is September 16