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The Congress top brass on Thursday held a review meeting on the party's shocking defeat in the Haryana assembly polls and decided to form a fact-finding team that will talk to all its candidates to find out the reasons behind the defeat.
Sources said that during the meeting, the leaders discussed possible reasons for the “unexpected” results in Haryana and decided to constitute teams to ascertain the reasons for such results and look into allegations of “inconsistencies” in EVMs raised by party candidates. .
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The review meeting was attended by Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, former party chief Rahul Gandhi, AICC general secretary KC Venugopal, AICC senior election observers Ashok Gehlot and Ajay Maken and AICC state secretaries.
Haryana AICC incharge Deepak Babria joined the online meeting.
However, Haryana Congress chief Uday Bhan, CLP leader and former chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and other senior leaders of the state were not called for the meeting.
“We held a review meeting on the Haryana election results. As you all know, as the exit polls and polls showed, the results were unexpected.
“There was a big difference between the exit polls and the actual results. We discussed what the reason could be. We will take appropriate action on this matter,” Macon told reporters after the meeting.
Asked whether the poll conflicts have hurt the Congress's chances, Maken said: “There are many factors, from the Election Commission to internal differences. We discussed what we will do in the future because of such a big disaster… we can discuss everything in an hour and a half.” NO.
According to a source present at the meeting, the establishment of a fact-finding committee will take place immediately after the party convenes to analyze the results. The commission will talk to candidates and party leaders and explain the reasons for the “unexpected results.”
Later, the Congress president's office issued a statement.
“The party has decided to constitute a technical team to investigate the allegations and discrepancies raised by our candidates. The Congress party will give a detailed reply based on the fact-finding team's report,” AICC secretary told Congress president Pranab Jha, he said. statement
He said that after the Congress meeting on Thursday to discuss the Haryana election results, many source reports appeared in the media.
“We ask you to respect our official briefing and refrain from any speculations that deviate from the official briefing,” Jha said in his statement posted on X.
The meeting comes a day after the Congress demanded a thorough probe into “inconsistencies” detected in some electronic voting machines (EVMs) during poll counting in Haryana and demanded that such EVMs be sealed pending an inquiry.
A delegation of top Congress leaders, including former prime ministers Bhupinder Singh Hooda and Ashok Gehlot and AICC leaders KC Venugopal, Jairam Ramesh, Ajay Maken and Pawan Khera, and Haryana Congress chief Uday Bhan, met top officials of the Election Commission here on Wednesday.
The delegation handed over a memorandum to officials presenting specific grievances from various constituencies in Haryana. Senior party leader Abhishek Singhvi attended the meeting online.
Congress leaders claimed that at least 20 complaints have been received, including seven written complaints from assembly centers, with many citing EVMs operating at 99% battery capacity while average EVMs operate at 60-70%. Battery capacity during calculations.
Infighting, reliance on sitting MLAs and insurgency issues seemed to be among the factors contributing to the failure of the Congress to return to Haryana after a decade.
The party seemed confident of toppling the 10-year-old BJP government and facing opposition to power.
However, the BJP with 48 seats thwarted the Congress' comeback attempt and also proved wrong in several exit polls that predicted a comfortable victory for the grand old party in Haryana. The Congress managed to win 37 seats in the 90-member assembly.
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