Selja lashes out at BJP
Chandigarh: Stating that Article 370 is not an issue in Haryana or among its people and can never become one there, the Congress' state unit chief Kumari Selja on Sunday asserted that the people have seen through the BJP's game of diverting attention from real issues. A day ahead of voting for the Haryana assembly election, Selja said, she is confident that the Congress will form the next government in the state as there has been a rapid change on the ground in favour of the party. The BJP knew its weakness in Haryana and from the very first day tried to divert the attention of the people from real issues. Be it the PM (Narendra Modi) or other top BJP leaders or the Haryana Chief Minister, they did not talk about even one issue of Haryana because they know that they are on the back foot, she added.
22% youth hold the key to Haryana Assembly
Chandigarh: Nearly 22 per cent voters in the 20-29 age group will play a major role in the Haryana Assembly polls on Monday. As per the Election Commission, 40,67,413 voters are in the 20-29 age group, and 44,92,809 in 30-39 years group. The number of first-time voters is 3,82,446 in the 1.83 crore electorates. The state has 4,18,961 voters in the 80 plus age group. A total of 35,67,536 voters are in 40-49 age group, 27,90,783 in 50-59 age group, 17,39,664 in 60-69 age group and 8,22,958 in 70-79 age group. There are 98.7 lakh men voters and 85.1 lakh women voters and 252 third gender voters in the state. Of the 19,578 polling stations, 153 are auxiliary polling booths in the state. In the 2014 Assembly polls, Haryana had recorded the highest-ever turnout of 76.54 per cent.
Hry CEO urges voters
Chandigarh: Haryana chief electoral officer Anurag Agarwal has urged the voters to set a new voting record in state assembly election on Monday. He said that EVM machines are technically completely safe and there is no tampering of any kind. A control room has been set up at Chandigarh headquarters, in which news and complaints coming on electronic and social media are being closely monitored and prompt action is being taken. In order to complete the election process, duty of about 1.25 lakh employees has been put in the election. The webcasting would be done at 3100 critical and vulnerable polling stations, the live footage of which would be monitored in the control room set up at the headquarters, he added.