Haryana Congress Chief

After the Congress lost the Haryana Assembly elections, Bharatiya Kisan Union spokesperson Rakesh Tikait said on Sunday that former chief minister Bhupinder Hooda's stubbornness sank the party.

Haryana Congress president Udai Bhan has lost from Hodal Assembly constituency by a margin of over 2,500 votes, compounding the main Opposition party's disappointment at losing an election it was expected to win comfortably.

Turning the Congress narrative of kisan (farmers), pehelwan (wrestlers) and jawan (youth) on its head, former Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar has said that the opposition party can never do what the BJP has done for these groups.

The Haryana election result is a "big setback for the Congress", senior leader and one-time chief ministerial hopeful Kumari Selja told NDTV Tuesday afternoon. "...very disappointing," she said.

Congress MP Kumari Selja has confirmed she is a contender for the post of Chief Minister if her party wins the 2024 Haryana Assembly election.

With exit polls predicting a Congress win in Haryana, the focus has moved to who would be the next Chief Minister.

Voting is underway in all 90 assembly constituencies of Haryana to decide the political fate of Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini, Bhupinder Singh Hooda, and 1,000 other candidates contesting in the state assembly elections.

Amid the reported rivalry between Haryana LoP Bhupinder Singh Hooda and party MP Kumari Selja's faction about the party's candidate for the chief minister, Congress leader said that it has been a long time since she spoke to LoP Hooda.

The Congress has red-flagged rumours rape convict and Dera Sacha Sauda chief Ram Rahim, who is supposed to be serving a 20-year jail sentence, will be granted parole - for the 10th time in the past two years - days before the Haryana election.

Senior Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala's son Aditya Surjewala and BJP candidate Shruti Choudhry, former chief minister Bansi Lal's granddaughter, were among several leaders who filed nomination papers on Thursday for the October 5 Haryana ass

AAP-Congress Alliance: The Aam Aadmi Party has released a first list of 20 candidates for next month's Haryana Assembly election, including naming 11 to contest seats against the Congress.

Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini said on Sunday that the Congress is going to be "wiped out" no matter how many alliances it makes for the October 5 Assembly elections.

The BJP has asked former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh to take care not to create any row with comments at wrestlers, sources have said.

Olympian wrestlers Bajrang Punia and Vinesh Phogat joined Congress on Friday.

Former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Hooda has said since the Congress went out of power a decade ago, the state has been on a downward spiral.

After the Congress lost the Haryana Assembly elections, Bharatiya Kisan Union spokesperson Rakesh Tikait said on Sunday that former chief minister Bhupinder Hooda's stubbornness sank the party.

Haryana Congress president Udai Bhan has lost from Hodal Assembly constituency by a margin of over 2,500 votes, compounding the main Opposition party's disappointment at losing an election it was expected to win comfortably.

Turning the Congress narrative of kisan (farmers), pehelwan (wrestlers) and jawan (youth) on its head, former Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar has said that the opposition party can never do what the BJP has done for these groups.

The Haryana election result is a "big setback for the Congress", senior leader and one-time chief ministerial hopeful Kumari Selja told NDTV Tuesday afternoon. "...very disappointing," she said.

Congress MP Kumari Selja has confirmed she is a contender for the post of Chief Minister if her party wins the 2024 Haryana Assembly election.

With exit polls predicting a Congress win in Haryana, the focus has moved to who would be the next Chief Minister.

Voting is underway in all 90 assembly constituencies of Haryana to decide the political fate of Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini, Bhupinder Singh Hooda, and 1,000 other candidates contesting in the state assembly elections.

Amid the reported rivalry between Haryana LoP Bhupinder Singh Hooda and party MP Kumari Selja's faction about the party's candidate for the chief minister, Congress leader said that it has been a long time since she spoke to LoP Hooda.

The Congress has red-flagged rumours rape convict and Dera Sacha Sauda chief Ram Rahim, who is supposed to be serving a 20-year jail sentence, will be granted parole - for the 10th time in the past two years - days before the Haryana election.

Senior Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala's son Aditya Surjewala and BJP candidate Shruti Choudhry, former chief minister Bansi Lal's granddaughter, were among several leaders who filed nomination papers on Thursday for the October 5 Haryana ass

AAP-Congress Alliance: The Aam Aadmi Party has released a first list of 20 candidates for next month's Haryana Assembly election, including naming 11 to contest seats against the Congress.

Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini said on Sunday that the Congress is going to be "wiped out" no matter how many alliances it makes for the October 5 Assembly elections.

The BJP has asked former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh to take care not to create any row with comments at wrestlers, sources have said.

Olympian wrestlers Bajrang Punia and Vinesh Phogat joined Congress on Friday.

Former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Hooda has said since the Congress went out of power a decade ago, the state has been on a downward spiral.