New Delhi [India], October 5 : Union Minister Kiren Rijiju said on Saturday that good work has been done in Haryana in the last 10 years and no one takes seriously what the Congress says.
"In the last 10 years, good work has been done in Haryana with the blessings of PM Modi. No one takes seriously what Congress says. For 70 years, they have made false promises. They can win a few elections here and there but will not come to power. The words of Rahul Gandhi are so objectionable that it saddens us, he can criticise us but he shouldn't say things which harm the nation," Rijiju said while talking to reporters in the national capital amid voting in the neighbouring state.
A voter turnout of 49.13 per cent was recorded till 3 pm across 90 assembly seats in Haryana, said the Election Commission of India on Saturday.
Voting in Haryana started at 7 AM and will go till 6 pm. A total of 1,031 candidates are contesting in all 90 assembly constituencies.
According to the ECI, among all districts, Yamunanagar is leading with the highest voting percentage of 56.79 per cent followed by Mewat with 56.59 per cent, Palwal with 56.02 per cent and Jind with 53.94 per cent while the lowest voter turnout is recorded in Gurugram with 38.61 per cent.
The voter turnout for Mahendragrah is 52.67 per cent, Fatehabad is 52.46 per cent, Kurukshetra is 52.13 per cent, Hisar is 51.25 per cent, Rohtak is 50.62 per cent, Bhiwani is 50.31 per cent, Rewari is 50.22 per cent and Kaithal is 50.58 per cent.
As per the data, the number for Ambala is 49.39 per cent, Jhajjar is 49.68 per cent, Panipat is 49.40 per cent, Karnal is 49.17 per cent, Sirsa is 48.78 per cent, Charkhi Dadri is 47.08 per cent, Sonipat is 45.86 per cent, Panchkula is 42.60 per cent and Faridabad is 41.74 per cent.
The key contesting parties in Haryana include the BJP, Congress, and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), as well as the pre-poll alliance between the Indian National Lok Dal-Bahujan Samaj Party (INLD-BSP) and the Jannayak Janta Party (JJP)-Azad Samaj Party (ASP).
The results for the Haryana Assembly elections will be declared along with those of Jammu and Kashmir on October 8.
In the 2019 Assembly elections, the BJP won 40 of the 90 seats, forming a coalition government with the JJP, which won 10 seats. The Congress secured 31 seats. However, JJP later broke out of the coalition.