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He claimed that the people of Veerbhoomi have categorically rejected the anti and divisive politics of Congress that continues to divide them on casteist and regional lines and have chosen the 10 years' track record of development and welfare under Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP).

Modi Archive, one of the popular X handles, on Tuesday shared a photo of the old PM Modi with the three 'Lals'.

Without naming anyone, he said, "Today he too must be regretting leaving me, If we had walked together it would have been something else."

While Malik had polled 22,944 votes, Rana was at second position with 18,174 votes, and Khalid Najib Suhrawardy of National Conference was at third position with 12,975 votes. The rest of the candidates, including Abdul Majid Wani of Ghulam Nabi Azad's Democratic Progressive Azad Party did not reach even the five-figure mark. The Congress candidate Sheikh Riaz Ahmed was lagging quite far behind with just 4,087 votes.

"The results are totally unexpected and surprising. It is against what the people of Haryana were seeking — a mandate for change and transformation," Ramesh said on Tuesday, questioning the credibility of the poll outcome. He also alleged that authorities were intimidated, leading to unexpected losses in constituencies where Congress had been performing well.

Both parties announced a seat-sharing deal for 83 seats - 51 for the National Conference and 32 for the Congress - mostly in the Jammu region and a 'friendly fight' on five seats as they couldn't zero in.

In the 90-member Assembly, the BJP bagged 48 seats-two more over the required number of 46-whilst the principal opposition Congress got 37 seats, according to the latest data available from the Election Commission of India.

Talking to IANS, Khera said even after 11-12 rounds of counting, the EC's website still shows figures from the 5-6th round.

Who knows Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, knows how much will power a leader he is. You may not agree with his policies or style of governance, but nobody should have ever tried to control him," Paswan said while speaking to the media persons in Patna on Tuesday.

She was fighting her maiden Assembly polls from the Srigufwara-Bijbehara in South Kashmir.