EC began counting of votes for the Assembly elections in Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday at 8 AM. This is the first significant electoral outcome following the recent Lok Sabha elections where BJP returned to power with the support of its allies.

In a press conference, Hooda alleged that Congress was leading in postal ballots, but the party’s advantage waned once Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) results were tallied.

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.

A delegation of the Congress party today met members of the Election Commission, raising concerns regarding the counting process in the just concluded Haryana assembly polls.

On Wednesday, the Election Commission responded to Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge's statements, describing them as “far from a legitimate part of free speech.”

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.

Former J&K Deputy CM and BJP leader Kavinder Gupta said the party will play the role of an effective opposition in the new assembly of Jammu and Kashmir and ensure overall "development" in the union territory.