ALL EYES ON COUNTING; PARTIES EXUDE OPTIMISM

A day after the voting for the high-stake Haryana Assembly elections, the political atmosphere is charged with ruling BJP and the opposition Congress, expressing strong confidence in securing a decisive victory.

- NEERAJ MOHAN

Contrary to the predictions of comfortable majority to the Congress in the exit polls, Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini expressed his confidence in the BJP’s ability to form the government without the need for alliances, while former Chief Minister and Congress leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda predicted a sweeping victory for Congress, citing overwhelming public support for the party.

The Chief Minister said he believed that the BJP will secure a majority and form the government on its own. Dismissing the need for alliances, Saini asserted that the BJP has a well-structured campaign and robust party organisation behind it. “We will not need any kind of alliance. I have said from the very beginning that the BJP will form the government alone. We have all the arrangements in place,” Saini said.