Haryana: Kumari Selja Opens Up About 'Surprise' Assembly Poll Results

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Haryana Assembly Election Results: Amid the counting of votes in the Haryana Assembly polls, Congress leader and Lok Sabha MP Kumari Selja said that trends are slow and there is a need to wait before drawing any conclusion about the results. This comes as the Congress alleged that there was a slowing down in uploading trends for the Haryana polls on the Election Commission website.

Speaking to ZEE News, Selja said, "Trends are coming, and they are quite slow. Let's wait a bit more." On the question of discontentment with the party, the Congress leader said that everyone has worked on the ground and there are some internal matters of the party, but the party fights elections collectively.

While speaking to ZEE News, Selja also opened up about the rumours of differences with senior Congress leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda. Refuting the claims, she said that there is no rift and they have worked together for the party.

"There is no rift, nothing like that. Everyone has their place in the party, and we are soldiers of the Congress party, and the party gives us work." Selja said that she spoke to Hooda a few days back during election campaigning. She added that there was no discontent with ticket distribution.

The Congress leader said that drawing conclusions based on trends so early in the day is "hasty" and expressed strong confidence in Congress winning the Haryana Assembly elections.

"Congress is winning. One should not draw conclusions so early. Counting is still underway. One should not be hasty," Selja told IANS, dismissing the trends showing the BJP clawing back to leading Haryana. The early trends of the Haryana Assembly elections have turned out to be a thriller, with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Congress witnessing a see-saw battle.

The Election Commission (EC) data also showed the BJP surging ahead of its rival and crossing the halfway mark. Till this report was filed, the BJP has managed a lead in 48 seats out of the 90-member Assembly. Congress was seen leading in 34 seats, belying a popular perception and the exit polls that it was slated to sweep the state.