Five years ago, Congress had fielded Chander Mohan from this seat but he had lost to Gian Chand Gupta by a narrow margin of nearly 5,000 votes. This time, he won by 1,997 votes.
The BJP candidate had resigned from his post of superintendent of Bhondsi jail & joined BJP last month. His request for voluntary retirement was processed promptly ahead of polls.
Aditya, the youngest candidate in the fray in Haryana polls, is the 3rd member of the Surjewala family to be elected MLA from Kaithal after grandfather Shamsher Singh and father Randeep.
BJP is looking at a historic third win from heartland state. In near-repeat of Lok Sabha polls, exit polls again bit the dust. For Congress, it is back to drawing rooms.
The veteran leader had staked claim to CM post in run-up to elections. His rival Chitra Sarwara, who was suspended by Congress, had come in second in 2019, too.
Haryana's Karnal seat has been held by two BJP CMs in past decade: Manohar Lal Khattar & Nayab Singh Saini. When Khattar was elected in 2014, he had ended BJP's 18-year drought in the seat.
Hafiz Mohammad Sikandar Malik, from Bandipora’s Gundpora area, contested elections as an Independent, backed by banned organisation Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) Kashmir.
Saini’s rise in politics has been meteoric. Considered close to Manohar Lal Khattar, he had replaced O.P. Dhankar as Haryana BJP chief last year and took over as CM this year.
Official Chinese statements have described the drills as destabilising, warning that they risk escalation and that the participating countries are 'playing with fire.'
Share of trade with FTA partners rose from 4.6% in 2006 to 28.8% in 2024. India is currently negotiating or advancing agreements with US, Israel, GCC, Canada & Mexico.
American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.
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