The Haryana Assembly Election 2024 is underway, with live updates coming in from various constituencies:
- Independent candidate Balraj Kundu, contesting from Meham, has alleged that he and his personal assistant were assaulted by former Congress MLA Anand Singh Dangi and his supporters outside a polling booth. Balram Dangi, Anand’s son, is running for the Meham seat as the Congress candidate.
- Congress leader Rahul Gandhi urged voters in Haryana to focus on issues like farmers’ welfare, employment, and women’s rights, calling for large participation in support of Congress in this crucial election. He made the appeal through a post on X (formerly Twitter).
- Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Saini called on the state’s residents to aim for a 100% voter turnout. He credited the BJP’s “double-engine” government, led by Prime Minister Modi, for Haryana’s progress over the past decade and claimed that wrestlers, soldiers, farmers, and women are backing the BJP due to the benefits they received from various government schemes.
- Congress Chief Mallikarjun Kharge encouraged voters to reflect on the issues of unemployment, inflation, and corruption that have plagued Haryana over the past decade before casting their votes.
- PM Modi also urged voters to participate in this “festival of democracy” and set a new voting record, especially encouraging young first-time voters to head to the polls.
- Union Minister and former Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar was the first to cast his vote at his booth in Karnal and encouraged voters to cast their ballots early in the day.
- Congress leader Deepender Singh Hooda has urged the Election Commission of India to transfer the Superintendent of Police in Bhiwani district, accusing him of bias and favoring BJP candidate JP Dalal.
- Voting has officially begun across all 90 assembly constituencies in Haryana, with 2.03 crore voters eligible to cast their ballots. There are 1,031 candidates contesting in the elections, and over 20,000 polling booths have been set up to facilitate the voting process.
