Blitz Bureau
NEW DELHI: As polling for the 90-member legislative Assembly in the BJP-ruled Haryana is underway on September 5 with 2.03 crore electorates slated to decide the fate of 1,031 candidates, a voter turnout of 9.53 per cent was recorded by 9 am, the first two hours of polling.
While Panchkula saw 5.3 per cent polling by 9 am, Ambala saw 8.7 per cent, Yamunanagar 10.9, Kurukshetra 9.6, Kaithal 10, Karnal 6.2, Panipat 8.5, Sonipat 6.5, Jind 10.2, Fatehabad 8.9 per cent.
Rohtak saw a slow start with just three per cent polling by 9 A.M, Sirsa saw 6.7, Hisar 8.9, Bhiwani 8.4, Charki Dadri 8.8, Faridabad 4.6 and Gurugram 6.1.
Outgoing Chief Minister and BJP leader Nayab Singh Saini expressed confidence they would be forming the Government for the third time with a huge margin.
However, Leader of Opposition Bhupinder Hooda is confidant of dethroning the 10-year Government largely due to “existing resentment” among farmers, employees, unemployed youth and wrestlers, all crucial vote bank.
“We (BJP) are winning and forming the Government for the third time with a big margin. The BJP will form Government in Haryana for the third time with a historic margin. People have rejected jhooth ki rajneeti (politics of lies) of the Congress,” he told the media after casting his vote in hometown Mirzapur.
“They lied during Lok Sabha polls that the Constitution is in danger and reservation will end. Rahul Gandhi is the biggest face of ending reservation. People here is India are awake about what he says in English in foreign countries,” he said.
Congress veteran Hooda, who is leading the Congress campaigning, asked the voters that “every vote will decide the future and direction of the state”.
“All of you must vote for the progress and prosperity of the state and also motivate people around you to vote,” he said in a message on X.
