Vinesh, Bajrang joining Congress will be a setback for BJP in Haryana, understand the entire equation

Farmers hope to get support

Both Phogat and Poonia have supported the farmers’ movement. When the farmers started the movement against the three agricultural laws of the central government in 2020, Phogat showed solidarity with the protesters. Recently, Vinesh Phogat went to Shambhu border and met the farmers sitting on the dharna. Earlier, in one of his/her tweets, he/she had said that farmers just want respect for their hard work. Olympian wrestler Bajrang Punia also participated in the ‘Kisan Mahapanchayat’ held in Kurukshetra in June last year to show solidarity. Farmers had participated in the protest. It is certain that the support of farmers to Congress can also definitely prove to be a setback for the BJP.

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Vinesh was disqualified in the Olympics

Vinesh Phogat recently made headlines when she was disqualified from the 50kg gold medal bout at the Paris Olympics for being 100 grams overweight. The Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) also rejected her plea to be awarded a joint silver medal. Meanwhile, Olympic bronze medallist Bajrang Punia led a protest against former BJP MP and former Wrestling Federation of India chief Brij Bhushan Singh. In this, he/she accused him/her of sexual harassment and threats in 2023.

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Voting on 5th, counting on 8th

Voting for the 90 seats in Haryana will be held on October 5 and the counting of votes will take place on October 8. Meanwhile, the Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party are in talks over seat sharing for the Haryana Assembly elections, raising hopes of a continuation of their alliance in the state during the Lok Sabha elections earlier this year.

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These are caste equations

The two major political forces in the state, the Congress and the BJP, are set to battle primarily over the Jat and Other Backward Class (OBC) vote banks respectively. The Jats constitute around 22 per cent of the state’s population. The Congress is considered to have a strong hold on the Jats. The Scheduled Castes in the state constitute around 20% of the state’s population as per the 2011 census. This could be a deciding factor in the assembly elections. Voting pattern for SCs in Haryana over the past decade The community voted overwhelmingly for the BJP in the 2014 assembly election, but was evenly split in the last election.