March 29, 2024 13:27 (IST)
Follow us:
facebook-white sharing button
twitter-white sharing button
instagram-white sharing button
youtube-white sharing button
PM Modi has mastered art of manipulating democracy, hurting Constitution: Mallikarjun Kharge | Mafia-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari dies of cardiac arrest at 63 | NIA arrests key conspirator in Bengaluru cafe blast case | Actor Govinda returns to politics after 14 years of 'vanvas', joins Eknath Shinde camp | 'To browbeat and bully others is vintage Congress culture': PM posts after 600 lawyers write to CJI
BJP wins Jind, Congress Ramgarh

BJP wins Jind, Congress Ramgarh

India Blooms News Service | @indiablooms | 31 Jan 2019, 10:24 am

New Delhi, Jan 31 (IBNS) : The BJP on Thursday won the bypoll in Haryana's Jind constituency levelling the issue  with the Congress which annexed the Ramgarh seat in Rajasthan, reports said.

BJP candidate Krishna Middha  defeated  Jannayak Janta Party's (JJP)  Digvijay Chautala by 12,935 votes, leaving  Congress's heavyweight Randeep Singh Surjewala in the third spot in  Jind where a bypoll was held as the tend was emerging with the counting of result on Thursday.

The Jind bypoll was necessitated following the death of INLD MLA Hari Chand Middha, BJP candidate's father. The Congress fielded its chief national spokesperson and Kaithal MLA Randeep Singh Surjewala.

The INLD, which had won Jind in the last election, put up Umed Redhu as candidate  to retain the seat. JJP candidate, 27-year-old  Digvijay Chautala, is  the younger son of jailed leader Ajay Singh Chautala, who broke away from the INLD and floated the party.

The Jind Assembly by-election result is said to be the test case for the  political sentiment in Haryana months ahead of the Lok Sabha elections and the state elections scheduled for later this year.

The Congress, meanwhile, won the Ramgarh seat in Rajasthan, adding one to its tally of 99 to touch the half-way mark in the 200-seat assembly. With this win, the party will remain in a comfortable position with the support of its alliance partner RLD, which has one MLA.The Congress candidate in Ramgarh, Saafiya Zubair, won by a margin of 12,000 votes. The elections in the seat could not take place in Dec 2018 due to the death of BSP candidate Laxman Singh before the polls.

In Ramgarh,BSP has fielded former Union minister Natwar Singh's son and former MLA Jagat Singh while the BJP nominee is Sukhwant Singh.

Support Our Journalism

We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism

IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.

Support objective journalism for a small contribution.
Related Images
PM Modi in Bhutan 22 Mar 2024, 06:53 pm
PM Modi in Tamil Nadu 28 Feb 2024, 07:07 pm