Uttar Pradesh Deputy CM Brajesh Pathak thanks public for voting in favour of BJP
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak on Tuesday thanked the public of Jammu Kashmir and Haryana for voting in favour of Bharatiya Janata Party.
Speaking to ANI, Pathak said "I thank the public of Jammu Kashmir and Haryana for voting in favour of BJP. This is a victory of the public welfare schemes launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. This is the third time that the people of Haryana have voted for BJP in the state."
Further, Pathak said that he was confident that in Uttar Pradesh bypolls as well, the BJP party would secure all 10 seats.
"No matter which party contests for the election, I am sure it is the BJP party that would secure all the 10 seats," Pathak added.
The counting of the votes in the Haryana elections are underway and have indicated towards the trend of BJP leading in more than half of the seats, as per the latest update on Election Commission's website at 10:45 AM.
BJP candidates are leading in 49 of the 90 constituencies in the state, while the main opponent Congress is leading in 35 of the seats.
As per the EC data at 11.45 am between 4 and 9 rounds of counting are completed in most constituencies. 4 Independents and 1 candidate each of the INLD and the BSP are also leading.
Though exit polls had predicted Congress's victory in the election, if the trend continues, the BJP is poised for a hatrick win in the Assembly election of the state.
According to the latest update from the Election Commission, Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini is leading from the Ladwa constituency. He is leading with 840 votes over Congress' Mewa Singh.
Congress' Bhupinder Singh Hooda is leading from the Garhi Sampla-Kiloi seat with 16,823 over his nearest rival from BJP Manju.
