Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], October 6 : Ahead of the results of the Haryana assembly elections, farmer leader Rakesh Tikait said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government will be defeated because they lathi-charged against the farmers.
"The government which does lathicharge, will not stay in power. Farmers can't do lathi-charge on Police, they would take revenge during elections and they did it. The (BJP) govt will be defeated, Congress will form the govt," said Rakesh Tikait.
This comes after the the exit polls predicted a clean sweep for Congress party in Haryana, with some polls predicting the party winning more than 50 of the 90 seats in the assembly.
The TV-Today C voter projection said that the party may win 50-58 seats in the state, while it said that the BJP can win 20-28 seats. The other can win 10-16 seats. The majority mark to form the government in the 90-member assembly is 46. 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.
The single-phase polling for 90 Assembly Constituencies in Haryana concluded peacefully on Saturday across more than 20,000 polling stations and recorded a final voter turnout of 65.65 per cent.
According to the Election Commission of India (ECI), single-phase polling for General Elections to the Legislative Assembly of Haryana recorded an approximate voter turnout of 65.65 per cent as of 11:45 pm, which beats the Lok Sabha 2024 voter turnout of 64.8 per cent in the state.