• By Mayukh Debnath
  • Tue, 08 Oct 2024 08:59 PM (IST)
  • Source:JND
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Haryana Results 2024: After the announcement of the results for the Assembly elections in Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed BJP workers at the party's headquarters on Tuesday. The BJP has emerged victorious on 48 out of the 90 Assembly seats in Haryana. On the other hand, the Congress, for which most of the exit polls had predicted a comfortable victory with 49-55 seats, managed to win only 37 seats.

The BJP's Assembly election tally this time is also the largest it has ever recorded in Haryana. In the 2014 Haryana Assembly polls, the saffron party won 47 seats, one more than the majority mark. The 2019 Assembly polls saw BJP emerge as the single largest party sans a clear majority. It, subsequently, formed the government with support from the JJP and seven Independent MLAs.

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Referring to the historic mandate to the BJP in Haryana this time, PM Modi pointed out that the party's uninterrupted return to power in the northern state coincided with the ongoing Hindu festival of Navratri.

"'Jaha doodh-dahi ka khana, waisa hai apna Haryana'. The people of Haryana have done wonders. Today is the sixth day of Navratri, the day of Maa Katyayani. Maa Katyayani is sitting on a lion with a lotus in her hand. She is blessing all of us. On such a holy day, lotus has bloomed in Haryana for the third time," he said.

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While taking a swiped at opposition parties, the Prime Minister attributed the BJP's victory in Haryana to the "hard work" of the party's cadre, party president JP Nadda's efforts and Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini's administration of the state. He also elaborated on the significance of the BJP's return to power in Haryana.

"Today, the guarantee of development has overpowered the knot of lies. The people of Haryana have created history. Haryana was constituted in 1966. 13 elections have been held in Haryana so far, out of which in 10 elections, the people of Haryana have changed the government but this time what the people of Haryana have done never happened before. For the first time, a govt has been formed in Haryana after completing 2 terms of 5 years," PM Modi stated.

(With inputs from agencies)