Reportedly obliterating exit poll predictions, the bharatiya janata party staged a historic hat-trick in haryana while it bagged the majority of assembly seats in Jammu though the National Conference congress combine looked set to take power in J&K as results for assembly elections emerged on Tuesday. These were the first assembly polls since the April-June lok sabha elections, which returned the bjp to power with a reduced majority. Both haryana and kashmir - SRINAGAR/JAMMU' target='_blank' title='jammu and kashmir-Latest Updates, Photos, Videos are a click away, CLICK NOW'>jammu and kashmir have 90 assembly seats and a party or coalition that crosses the halfway mark can form the government.
Meanwhile prime minister Narendra Modi termed the BJP’s haryana performance the victory of “development politics and good governance". Union home minister amit shah took a veiled dig at congress leader rahul Gandhi, saying that the state had taught him a lesson. He said “Haryana, the land of farmers and soldiers, has taught a lesson to those who go abroad and insult the country for their vote bank. I express my heartfelt gratitude to the people of haryana for giving bjp the opportunity to serve the state for the third consecutive time".
Moreover after winning the Ladwa seat by 16,054 votes, haryana chief minister Nayab Singh saini who took over the post only on march 12 this year from manohar lal khattar with the bjp trying to tide over the anti-incumbency sentiments credited the party’s success to PM Modi’s policies. “First of all, I would like to thank the people of haryana for believing in PM Modi and the policies of the BJP. This is the victory of farmers, poor, women and youth of Haryana”. The haryana win would be a big boost for the bjp ahead of other crucial state elections in the coming months, particularly in maharashtra where it is leading the ruling alliance and pollsters have predicted a strong likelihood of a change in government.
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