Live Updates | Haryana, J&K Elections 2024: AAP-Congress Allaince On Cards In Haryana?

Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Elections 2024 Live Updates: The Congress and BJP are preparing for the upcoming Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir elections.

Haryana, J&K Assembly Elections 2024 Live Updates: The Congress Central Election Committee convened on Monday to finalize candidates for the Haryana assembly polls, approving 34 names and pending 15. The final list is expected by Wednesday. AICC in-charge of Haryana, Deepak Babaria, confirmed that 22 sitting MLAs have been cleared. The meeting will continue on Tuesday, with speculation surrounding Vinesh Phogat's candidacy to be addressed.

Meanwhile, the BJP met to discuss seat allocation and candidate selection for Haryana. Former Jannayak Janta Party (JJP) leaders Devender Singh Babli, Sunil Sangwan, and Sanjay Kablana joined the BJP. Sources indicate Bhupinder Hooda will be fielded as a candidate from Garhi Sampla Kiloi constituency, while state president Udaybhan will contest from Hodal constituency.

In Jammu and Kashmir, the BJP released its fourth list of six candidates, including union territory unit president Ravinder Raina. The party has named 51 candidates so far. The NCP announced 16 more candidates for the first phase of polls. The Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections will be held in three phases, with counting on October 8. This will be the first assembly election in Jammu and Kashmir since the revocation of Article 370 and the state's division into two union territories.

03 September 2024

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J&K Assembly Polls 2024:  Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to address three election rallies in Jammu and Kashmir, with two scheduled in the Jammu region and one in Kashmir. These rallies, beginning next week, aim to strengthen the BJP's campaign, focusing on the abrogation of Article 370, the subsequent "development" in the region, and the introduction of Assembly seat reservations for SC/ST communities in J&K for the first time.

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Haryana Election 2024: Congress CEC Meeting Underway 

Congress CEC meeting for Haryana Assembly polls underway at AICC HQ in Delhi. Party's national president Mallikarjun Kharge, LoP in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, General Secretary KC Venugopal, AICC in-charge of Haryana Deepak Babaria, LoP in State Assembly and former CM Bhupinder Hooda and others present.

#WATCH | Congress CEC meeting for Haryana Assembly polls underway at AICC HQ in Delhi. Party's national president Mallikarjun Kharge, LoP in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, General Secretary KC Venugopal, AICC in-charge of Haryana Deepak Babaria, LoP in State Assembly and former CM… pic.twitter.com/kQbJ2XkJiv

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Haryana Assembly Polls 2024:  On alliance with AAP, Congress leader Abhishek Dutt said, This decision is to be taken by the senior leadership, no discussion has been held with us regarding this,

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Haryana Vidhan Sabha Chunav 2024 Live: Performance Of AAP-Congress Alliance In Past

Earlier, the Congress and AAP, partners in Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA bloc), entered into seat adjustments for Lok Sabha polls in Delhi Haryana and Gujarat. In Haryana, AAP state president Gupta was the lone party candidate in the Lok Sabha polls in the state. He lost to BJP's Naveen Jindal.

Interestingly, the Congress and AAP contested the Lok Sabha polls independently in Punjab. Gupta recently asserted that AAP is ready to strongly contest all the 90 assembly seats in Haryana on its own with an alliance with the people of the state.

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J&K Assembly Elections 2024 Live: BJP's Gupta Criticizes National Conference's Manifesto

In a statement ahead of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly polls, BJP candidate from the Rajouri Assembly seat, Vibodh Gupta, expressed his gratitude to the party's top leadership for selecting him as their candidate. 

Gupta told ANI, "Vibodh Gupta says, "I am grateful to the top leadership of BJP for choosing me as their candidate from Rajouri Assembly seat. The people of Rajouri have always given their love to me...This is not a normal election. If we look at the manifesto of the National Conference, we can see that they want to bring back Article 370, Article 35A, another flag, constitution and unrest. They will release all the accused of terrorism who are their supporters...I want to tell them that after August 5, 2019, separatism, and stone pelting have ended in Kashmir... It will be a historic moment when the BJP will win Rajouri Vidhan Sabha seat..."

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Haryana Assembly Elections 2024 Live: Hooda says forming an alliance with AAP difficult

Responding to Rahul Gandhi's statement, former Haryana CM and Congress leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda said that they can only give 3-4 seats to AAP however they are demanding more than it, so it is difficult to form an alliance, said sources.

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Assembly Elections 2024 Live: Rahul Floats Idea Of Contesting Haryana Polls as INDIA Bloc

In the Congress's Central Election Committee (CEC) held to discuss ticket allocation for the forthcoming Haryana Assembly elections, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi discussed about the possibilities of contesting elections as INDIA bloc, said sources.

The meeting took place at the Congress Headquarters in New Delhi on Monday. According to sources, during the CEC meeting Rahul Gandhi asked about the possibilities of contesting elections as INDIA alliance and said that the party should make efforts to ensure that the votes of the alliance are undivided.

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Haryana Assembly Elections 2024 Live: AAP MP Welcomes Rahul's Interest In Haryana Alliance

AAP leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh on Tuesday welcomed reports claiming Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has shown interest in the possibility of an alliance with Arvind Kejriwal-led party in poll-bound Haryana.Singh told reporters that defeating the BJP is a priority of all the opposition parties and added any decision regarding alliance will be taken with the approval of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener and Delhi Chief Minister Kejriwal.