Union Minister Manohar Lal Khattar Prepares for 2024 Haryana Assembly Elections

Union Minister Manohar Lal Khattar held a meeting with state BJP leaders and workers in Karnal to discuss preparations for the 2024 Assembly elections in Haryana. After the meeting, Khattar, who is also a former Chief Minister of Haryana, spoke to reporters about the party’s readiness and criticized the Congress party.

Khattar stated, “The preparations are going on for the Vidhan Sabha elections. The party workers are excited. The lies told by Congress will not work in the next elections. The tactics that they (the Congress) have used in the Lok Sabha elections will not work anymore.”

He also commented on senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s visit to Hathras instead of Tamil Nadu, saying, “I have heard his statements in the Lok Sabha. I am surprised that such words pop up in his mouth. Is the entire Hindu society violent? The people of the country will give him a befitting reply (when the people come out to vote during the assembly elections).”

In the recent Lok Sabha elections, both BJP and Congress won 5 seats each in Haryana. The BJP secured a vote share of 46.11%, while Congress had 43.67%, and its alliance partner, the Aam Admi Party, had 3.94%. In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, BJP had won all 10 seats in the state.

According to the Election Commission of India, the BJP won 240 seats in the recent elections, lower than its 2019 tally of 303. The Congress improved significantly, winning 99 seats. The BJP-led National Democratic Alliance won 292 seats, while the INDIA bloc crossed the 230 mark, posing stiff competition and defying predictions.