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Friday, December 19, 2025
TopicHaryana Assembly Election 2024

Topic: Haryana Assembly Election 2024

Polling begins for 90 Assembly seats in Haryana, BJP eyes hat-trick

Besides the BJP and the Congress, the key contesting parties are the Aam Aadmi PArty (AAP) and the INLD-BSP and JJP-Azad Samaj Party alliances.

Ahead of Haryana polls, Rahul Gandhi in riot-hit Mahendragarh on last day of campaign

The Congress has renominated Aftab Ahmed, who previously won Nuh in 2019. The BJP has fielded sitting MLA from Sonepat, Sanjay Singh.

Congress’s Surender Panwar centres Sonipat battle around his ED arrest, but voters see it as non-issue

Voters are told they must do 'justice to' Panwar by voting for him, but for many it’s his goodwill that'll win him votes in Haryana polls. Anger towards BJP will also work in his favour.

After sitting out LS polls, RSS campaigning hard for BJP in Haryana. ‘Not the time for anger’

With BJP govt's diminished majority at Centre & challenges in Haryana, BJP-RSS are working together to mobilise voters on polling day, emphasising need for nationalist govt in the state.

A love story dashed Chander Mohan’s CM dream 15 yrs ago. This time, his Haryana campaign’s a family affair

Chander Mohan is relying on the legacy of his father—former CM Bhajan Lal. This time his entire family is involved in his election campaign to win the Panchkula assembly seat.

Will Mayawati revive BSP in Haryana? Nephew is mixing youthful energy with experience

Faced with the threat of losing its national party status, the BSP has fully invested itself in improving its performance in the upcoming Haryana Assembly election.

‘Badlav’ on lips of Haryanvis, BJP faces uphill struggle. Anti-incumbency from Khattar rule a big factor

As BJP is also trying to muster numbers by splitting non-Jat votes, its weak link is ML Khattar. Ex-CM has been deputed to campaign mostly in non-Jat areas & Punjabi belt of Haryana.

BJP tries to tap Congress faultlines to grab Haryana Dalit vote. But on the ground, a yen for change

With Dalits angry with ruling party over unemployment, farmers’ protests & Agniveer scheme, BJP's been highlighting Congress infighting & reviving past instances of violence against Dalits.

Haryana BJP distances itself from Kangana’s support of repealed farm laws. ‘She keeps saying things.’

Congress party construes her comment as an attempt by BJP to bring back controversial laws & says it will never happen however much Modi tries.

In Haryana’s Ateli, BJP’s Arti Rao banks on her father’s legacy. But ‘outsider’ tag poses challenge

Contesting the Ateli Vidhan Sabha seat, the 45-year-old has waited 10 years for a ticket. She is the daughter of Gurgaon MP Rao Inderjit Singh & granddaughter of Haryana's 2nd CM.

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What the key political events of 2025 tell us about Narendra Modi and India’s future

From Operation Sindoor to India-US tensions to the EC controversies, a clear understanding has emerged about where the politics is headed now.

Antitrust watchdog Competition Commission to probe IndiGo flight disruptions

While the commission didn’t mention provisions under which IndiGo's market domination would be examined, Competition Act 2002 prohibits abuse of dominant position by any enterprise.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.