The BJP looks set for a consecutive third term in Haryana, as counting trends in the Haryana assembly elections 2024 shows the ruling party, under the leadership of incumbent Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini, is leading in 49 seats in the 90-seat assembly.
With the saffron party crossing the majority mark, the state and the national leadership can heave a sigh of relief, as they seem to have overcome anti-incumbency and the public mood against the incumbent government over the controversial farm laws and Agniveer scheme.
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Ahead of the Haryana assembly polls, the BJP had tried to put its house in order by replacing Manohar Lal Khattar, who resigned as the CM in March, with Saini, who is an OBC leader. Khattar was under fire for his handling of the wrestler protests, and agitations over quotas and farm laws.
A week ahead of the polls, BJP was forced to expel eight party leaders over their decision to contest the Haryana assembly polls as independents. Former Haryana minister Ranjit Singh Chautala was among those who were shown the door for six years with immediate effect. Chautala was denied the ticket from Rania, the seat he represented in the assembly when he was an independent MLA. Chautala quit as MLA before joining the BJP ahead of the Lok Sabha polls earlier this year. But he lost the parliamentary polls from Hisar.
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Here's a look at the 'rebels' expelled by the BJP last month, and how are they faring in the Haryana assembly election 2024:
Zile Ram Sharma (Assandh) – Trailing; has got over 4,000 votes (BJP's Yoginder Singh Rana is leading, having got over 15,000 votes)
Devender Kadyan (Ganaur) – Leading; has got over 40,000 votes
Naveen Goyal (Gurgaon) – Trailing; has got over 30,000 votes and is in second place (BJP's Mukesh Sharma is leading, having got over 59,000 votes)
Kehar Singh Rawat (Hathin) – Trailing; has got over 2,000 votes (Congress's Mohammed Israil is leading, having got over 40,000 votes)
Sandeep Garg (Ladwa) – Trailing; has got over 1,000 votes (CM Nayab Singh Saini is leading, having got over 40,000 votes)
Radha Ahlawat (Meham) – Trailing; has got over 12,000 votes (Congress's Balram Dangi is leading, having got over 23,000 votes)
Ranjit Singh Chautala (Rania) – Trailing; has got over 27,000 votes (INLD's Arjun Chautala is leading, having got over 33,000 votes)
Bachan Singh Arya (Safidon) – Trailing; has got over 7,000 votes (BJP's Ram Kumar Gautam is leading, having got over 49,000 votes)
