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Wednesday, November 5, 2025
TopicHaryana Congress

Topic: Haryana Congress

In report on Haryana loss, Congress alleges EVM tampering, BJP ‘pressure’ & voter turnout mismatch

After its 3rd consecutive loss, Congress formed an 8-member fact-finding committee, which has blamed the BJP and the EC for alleged irregularities in the electoral process.

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.

Behind Congress’s shock defeat in Haryana, rebels, Independents & INDIA bloc allies 

In 11 seats where Congress finished second, Independents finishing third polled more votes than party's margin of defeat. In a few seats, AAP got more votes than defeat margin of Congress.

Aditya Surjewala wins Haryana’s Kaithal, beats BJP’s sitting MLA Leela Ram by 8,000+ votes

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.

Weeks after Olympics upset, Vinesh Phogat wins 1st electoral bout in Haryana’s Julana

Vinesh Phogat defeated BJP's Yogesh Bairagi, INLD's Surender Lather and incumbent Amarjeet Dhanda of the JJP to win Julana assembly constituency for the Congress.

Congress’s ‘Aaya Ram’: Ashok Tanwar’s 5 switches in 5 yrs & how his return may impact party dynamics

Ashok Tanwar first left Congress in 2019, month after being replaced as Haryana unit chief by Kumari Selja. His brother-in-law Ajay Maken played major role in his return, it is learnt.

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.

Indira Gandhi is Vinesh Phogat’s inspiration, and it’s not because of Congress ticket in Haryana

Why can’t PM Modi send Brij Bhushan to jail to bust myth that wrestlers protesting against him ‘belong to Hooda family’, asks Vinesh Phogat, Congress candidate from Julana.

Why Congress’s most prominent Dalit face in Haryana Kumari Selja is staying away from poll campaign

Selja did not attend the Wednesday launch of the party manifesto and has lately not been campaigning on the ground. Her silence could negatively impact party's electoral chances.

2 lakh govt jobs, caste survey among Congress’s ‘7 guarantees’ for Haryana polls

Unveiling manifesto for Haryana polls, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said party plans to bring in ‘express engine’ to take on BJP’s ‘double-engine’ governance model.

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India’s think tanks double up as lobbyists, give no disclosures. Hurt policymaking

Many 'independent' reports, intended to shape policies, are sponsored by industry groups or entities with deep pockets and vested interests. This process must become transparent.

India may cancel green projects struggling to find clients

While the move could free up grid capacity struggling to keep up with rapid renewable rollout, it would be a major setback for green ambitions. India aims to double clean power capacity to 500 gigawatts by the end of the decade.

India & Israel ink agreement to share, co-develop & co-produce advanced defence tech

Agreement signed during 17th Joint Working Group (JWG) on defence cooperation. Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh met Director General in Israeli Ministry of Defence Amir Baram Tuesday. 

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.