Ministers losing likely reflects anti-incumbency & people's anger with the BJP on several issues, but the play of social identities may have helped the party come to power again.
Mapping of booths, replacing Khattar with Saini, ensuring better coordination with RSS and attacking Congress by taking aim at Hooda were elements of its strategy in Haryana.
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.
Handpicked by Modi to lead first-ever BJP govt in Haryana after party’s 2014 win, Khattar served as CM for two consecutive terms, has been key face of BJP in state for nearly 2 decades.
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.
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 CM Nayab Saini, state BJP unit take digs at Congress ahead of 5 October election where unemployment has emerged as key issue. Hooda says candidates' statements twisted by BJP.
BJP's Haryana in-charge Poonia says CM Nayab Saini had less time to perform, but the state govt's performance will ensure Congress's defeat in the Haryana assembly polls.
The 20 resolutions in BJP manifesto for Haryana also include development of 10 industrial townships, Kundli–Manesar–Palwal Orbital Rail Corridor & govt jobs for 2 lakh youngsters.
Perhaps the present crisis and trauma can force our country into something resembling that special moment we found in the sixties. Perhaps we can radically alter our business environment.
India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.
Those BJP’s ministers alongside the Haryana Assembly Speaker who lost the elections could be better placed to make an honest self-assessment leading thereto. For sure, there must be something wrong with their judging the voters’ pulse. Yet another factor could be some sheer over-confidence on their part.
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Those BJP’s ministers alongside the Haryana Assembly Speaker who lost the elections could be better placed to make an honest self-assessment leading thereto. For sure, there must be something wrong with their judging the voters’ pulse. Yet another factor could be some sheer over-confidence on their part.