Jind, October 8: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers celebrated after party candidate Krishan Lal Middha won by a margin of 15,860 votes from Jind Assembly constituency on Tuesday afternoon. Middha was followed by Congress party's Mahavir Gupta who had been trailing with 53,060 votes. BJP workers also celebrated at the party office in Ambala, as they monitored the counting trends. As per the latest ECI trends at 2.00 PM, BJP is leading in 48 seats, followed by Congress leading in 37 seats. The Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) were seen to be leading with one seat each while Independents and smaller parties were leading in three seats.

Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini led from the Ladwa constituency. As of 2.00 PM, Saini was leading with 59,871 votes over Congress' Mewa Singh. Bhupinder Singh Hooda was seen leading from the Garhi Sampla-Kiloi seat with 99,533 votes over his nearest rival from BJP Manju. Though exit polls had predicted Congress's victory in the election, if the trend continues, the BJP is poised for a hatrick win in the Assembly election of the state. Meanwhile, Jairam Ramesh, Congress General Secretary in-charge Communications alleged that there is a slowing down in uploading up-to-date trends in the Haryana Assembly election's vote counting on the Election Commission website. He asked whether the BJP trying to build pressure on the administration by sharing "outdated and misleading" trends. Haryana Assembly Elections Results 2024: BJP Will Form Government by Crossing 50 Mark in State, Says Party Spokesperson Shahnawaz Hussain.

BJP’s Krishan Lal Middha Wins From Jind in Haryana Polls 

"We are filing a memorandum in the next 5-7 minutes. We are lodging a complaint. We hope that the EC will answer our questions. The results of 10-11 rounds are already out but only 4-5 rounds have been updated on EC website. This is a tactic to pressure the Administration," Ramesh told ANI. "There is no need to be disheartened. The game is not over. Mind games are being played. We will not deter, there is no need to be disheartened. We are going to get the mandate. Congress is going to form the government," he added. Earlier in the day, in a post on X, he said: "Like the Lok Sabha elections, in Haryana we are again witnessing slowing down of uploading up-to- date trends on the ECI website. Is the BJP trying to build pressure on administration by sharing outdated and misleading trends. "Ramesh has also written to the Election Commission, requesting to issue immediate directions to officials to update the website with "true and accurate figures." Haryana Assembly Elections Results 2024: BJP Looks Set To Retain As It Leads On 49 Seats.

"Over the last two hours between 9-11AM, there has been an unexplained slowdown in updating of results on the ECI's website. "As you can imagine this allows bad faith actors to spin narratives that undermine the process. You can see examples of it already playing out on social media. Our fear is also that such narratives can then be used by these mala fide actors to influence processes where counting is still underway i.e. in most of the counting centres," he wrote in the letter. We request you to issue immediate directions to your officials to update the website with true and accurate figures so that false news and malicious narratives can be countered immediately.

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