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Tuesday, September 23, 2025
TopicHaryana Assembly Elections 2024

Topic: Haryana Assembly Elections 2024

From LS fillip, Haryana reality check, to Maharashtra fiasco, Congress staring at a long winter again

Congress oozed confidence after its solid show in LS polls. However, after Haryana & Maharashtra verdict, its authority as the leader of the INDIA bloc may be questioned.

Month after Haryana defeat, shell-shocked Congress yet to appoint CLP leader. What’s behind delay

Party went into 1st assembly session without a CLP leader, and now, even as the winter session is scheduled to begin on 13 November, there is no word on who will get the coveted post.

Nayab Saini takes oath as Haryana chief minister for 2nd time

The ceremony was attended by top leaders, including Narendra Modi, Amit Shah, J.P. Nadda and other chief ministers of NDA-ruled states.

Haryana: Nayab Saini chosen BJP legislature party leader, will take oath as CM on 17 Oct

This will be Saini’s second stint and a historic third for the BJP.

Over 50% of postal votes in Haryana went to Congress, victorious BJP got less than 35%

Congress won more postal ballots than BJP in 34 seats where it lost. The party is using this to allege that EVMs were ‘manipulated’. Postal ballots made up 0.57% of total votes cast.

Haryana numbers show Congress had best strike rate among Jats, BJP among Punjabis & Ahirs

Congress & BJP chose opposite strategies for 2024 polls. Experts say Congress’s Jat-centric campaign may have led other caste groups to rally behind BJP, which focused on non-Jats.

Our take on BJP’s Haryana win, J&K elections, & Ratan Tata’s death

ThePrint view on the most important issues this week.

‘Tried to divide us for 10 yrs.’ Why Rao Inderjit is taking on fellow Union minister Khattar

BJP won 10 of 11 seats in Rao Inderjit’s home turf, the Ahirwal belt. Party functionaries say he wants to dilute Khattar’s influence and have party accommodate his wish list.

Frequent paroles, furloughs to rape & murder convict Ram Rahim did little for BJP in Haryana polls

Congress won 15 seats of 28 in six districts where Dera Sacha Sauda chief Ram Rahim holds sway; BJP got 10 as caste-based voting patterns played a bigger role.

New Haryana govt has to choose between raising taxes & cutting committed spends to fund poll promises

Haryana has seen good growth, keeping its deficit within limit in recent years. Inclusive development, fixing unemployment, bridging rural-urban inflation gap should be new govt’s priorities.

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Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

India takes a relook at Russian Su-57, but not for its stealth. Here’s why

India exited the Indo-Russian FGFA programme in 2018. But now it might procure at least 2 squadrons of Su-57 aircraft from Russia and evaluate Russian proposal to manufacture them in India.

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.