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  • Rakesh Tikait’s Big Claim Against Bhupinder Hooda After Congress’ Haryana Poll Debacle |

    New Delhi: Bharatiya Kisan Union spokesperson Rakesh Tikait said on Sunday that former chief minister Bhupinder Hooda’s stubbornness sank Congress after the party fell short of the majority mark to form government in Haryana. 

    Reacting to the statement by farmer leader Gurnam Singh Charuni, he said, “There was resentment among the farmers. It is not that the farmers did not go with other parties. The farmers voted for every party. There is resentment among the people who joined the movement. Those who did not join the movement are with the government.”

    “Elections are fought party basis, religion basis and caste basis. People will vote in favour of like-minded parties. The person who is a farmer, a labourer or a shopkeeper will vote for the party whose faith he has. They (farmers) all live together in the organisation. If a person starts considering the people of the organisation as being in his favour, then he is wrong,” he added.

    The BKU leader also raised questions on the veracity of EVMs. “You did not understand mathematics. The public has voted…but they (BJP) are the ones who win… Like sugarcane committee elections are being held in UP, their (BJP) direct game here is to cancel the nominations of the people of the other party and win without election,” he told IANS.

    “BJP people have become masters of elections… by fighting with sticks, with intellect, or by making people fight with each other, they will win the elections. This is their tactics that we (BJP) have not to give up power… we have to win the elections,” Tikait said.

    “There was definitely something wrong in this election (Haryana), we had said this earlier also. EVMs are kept somewhere and then when elections are held somewhere else. Are the EVMs shown to any party before they are sent to booths… the engineers do all the programme setting… yes, it is all a game of EVMs. You press any button…votes will go to them (BJP) only…,” he further said.

    Earlier in the day, Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) chief Gurnam Singh Charuni blamed former CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda for the party’s defeat in Haryana. “Hooda is the biggest reason for Congress’ defeat because he did not compromise with anyone, and all responsibility was placed on him,” he asserted.

  • Haryana Elections: Meet Sanchit Kohli, 28-Year-Old Politician In Probable Candidates’ List For Faridabad Seat |

    The Election Commission of India announced on August 16 the poll dates for the Haryana and Jharkhand assembly elections. Haryana will go to the polls in a single phase on October 1 and the counting of votes will occur on October 4. With the announcement of poll dates, the competition for the tickets on each of the 90 seats has become fierce as the sitting MLAs and aspirants make their claims clear. 

    The contest is fierce on the Faridabad seat as well from where Veteran Congress leader Avtar Bhardana, party worker Lakhan Singla, and young leader Sanchit Kohli are vying for the nomination. Narender Gupta of the BJP is the sitting MLA from the seat. 

    Sanchit Kohli hails from the Punjabi community and is locked in a straight contest with Avtar Singh Bhardana and Lakhan Singla for a ticket from the seat. Kohli is considered close to the Hooda family and may get a ticket if the former CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda dominates the ticket distribution this time. Bhardana recently lost a Lok Sabha election, and Singla has been defeated in the last three elections, weakening their positions. Coming from the Punjabi community, Sanchit Kohli has emerged as a young Congress worker in Faridabad. If reports are to be believed, Kohli has the backing of Deepender Singh Hooda.

    Born and raised in Faridabad, Sanchit Kohli attended GD Goenka School before earning a degree in information technology from Amity University, followed by an LLB.