Congress in high spirit in Haryana

Why congress has few worries in Haryana

The fragmented Opposition also allowed the Hooda government a comfortable rule, despite certain contentious matters. The rampant involvement of the state police in crime, the open flouting of authority by the khap panchayats, acute power shortage and instances involving industrial violence were all major issues which find only muted references in Opposition parties’ campaigns which are largely centered around inflation.

 

Opposition parties apart, even the voter appears to be largely forgiving of the Congress government’s inadequacies. The Congress’s vote share in the 2009 General Elections in Haryana was 41 per cent, marginally less than the 42.46 per cent it scored in the 2005 Assembly elections. This also exposes the fallibility of the claim that the BSP could eat into the Congress vote share. The BSP improved its vote share from 3.44 per cent in the 2005 Assembly polls to 16 per cent in the recent LS elections, but its rise seems to have adversely affected the Chautalas. INLD has failed to win any seat in two consecutive LS elections, and has seen its vote share dipping from 23 per cent to 16 per cent.

 

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