Kurukshetra (Haryana) [India], October 5 : Despite multiple exit polls in Haryana projected a clean sweep for the Congress after a decade, Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Saturday expressed confidence that the BJP will form the government with a full majority.
"BJP will form the government with full majority. We are confident. The people of Haryana have seen the work in the last few years. We have done work for every sector. We have set Haryana free from regionalism and nepotism," he said.
Congress leader Rashid Alvi said that although he does not believe in the exit polls, but in Haryana there was a wave against the BJP.
"I do not have a lot of faith in the exit polls. But in Haryana, there was a wave against BJP. Congress party can win 60-70 seats there (Haryana). In ten years, the BJP has not done any development and divided the society. There was no leadership in Haryana in which people could be confident. The previous CM was elevated to cabinet minister...People are standing with Congress," he said.
BJP candidate from Panchkula Vidhan Sabha seat, Gian Chand Gupta said that the people of Haryana have voted for the work that they have done.
"There was peaceful voting in Panchkula...Overall there was peaceful voting...People have appreciated our work and have voted for the work that we have done," Gupta said.
Congress candidate from Panchkula assembly seat Chander Mohan exuded confidence that the Congress will form the government with a full majority.
"Congress will win 70 seats and BJP will get 17. We will form a government with a full majority," he said.
Meanwhile, according to TV-Today C-voter projections, the Congress is likely to win 50-58 seats in the state while the BJP can win 20-28 seats. The other can win 10-16 seats.
Congress leader and former chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Saturday attributed this projected win to the impressive track record of Congress between 2005 and 2014, coupled with the perceived failures of the BJP-led government from 2014 to 2024, marked by corruption and underperformance.
"I have been saying this since we started campaigning that there is a wave in favour of Congress. Congress will form a government with a thumping majority...The main factor was our achievements from 2005-2014 and the failure of the BJP government from 2014-2024- corruption and non-performance. We will work on unemployment, education and security," Hooda told ANI.
According to the Republic TV-Matrize poll, the Congress Party may get 55-62 seats out of 90, while the BJP is poised to win18-24 seats.
People Pulse poll survey said that the Congress may get 44-54 seats, BJP 15-29 and others may win up to 4-9 seats.
Dainik Bhaskar in its poll survey suggested that the Congress will get 44-54 seats, BJP 15-29 and others may get 4-9.
As per the Dhruv Research polls survey, the Congress may get 50-64 seats, and BJP may win up to 22-32 seats in the state.
Haryana recorded 61 per cent of voter turnout till 5 pm on Saturday across all the 90 assembly seats in the single-phase assembly polls in the state.
A total of 1,031 candidates contested in 90 assembly constituencies, and 20,632 polling booths were set up for voting. The votes will be counted on October 8 for both Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir.
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.