In the Haryana Assembly Elections 2024, BJP retained power with 48 seats while Congress secured 37. The INDIA alliance raised questions on Congress' defeat in the state.

The Congress, notwithstanding its improved performance in the Lok Sabha election, is back to square one after its dismal show in Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir -- at the receiving end of harsh criticism from allies.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) headed for a surprise election victory in Haryana state on Tuesday, reinforcing its popularity in the northern heartland a few months after stumbling in national elections.

As soon as Congress lost in Haryana, the tone of the alliance partners appeared to be changed as they advised introspection. INDIA allies' reactions are crucial ahead of key elections in Maharashtra and Jharkhand.

The BJP is in the lead in the state of Haryana which borders the capital Delhi, but trails in the federal territories of Jammu and Kashmir, which are seeing their first election results in a decade.

The shock results for the Congress in in Haryana -- an election it was expected to win comfortably -- is likely to cast its shadow on another important election due next month in Maharashtra and Jharkhand.

Most exit polls had predicted a hung assembly in Kashmir but an alliance of the main opposition Congress and the National Conference Party (NCP) are on course for a landslide in t

India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) appeared on course for a surprise win on Tuesday in polls in the northern state of Haryana, but was trailing the opposition in the first elections in a decade in troubled Muslim-majority Jammu and Kashmir.

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