Congress Says Not Possible To Accept Election Results, Blames EC For Haryana

Haryana Election Results 2024: Congress on Tuesday once again blamed the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) for their defeat in Haryana Assembly elections 2024. The party raised serious questions on the vote counting process saying it's a defeat of the transparent democratic process. 

Addressing a press conference, senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said that the Congress has not lost but made to lose Haryana .

On the Congress party's performance in Haryana , party MP Jairam Ramesh said, “...The results in Haryana are totally unexpected, completely surprising and counter-intuitive. It goes against ground reality. It goes against what the people of Haryana had made their minds up for, which was for change and transformation. I think under these circumstances, it is not possible for us to accept the results that have been announced today.”

He further said, “...We have received very serious complaints on the process of counting, the functioning of EVMs in at least three districts. There are more that are coming in. We have spoken to our senior colleagues in Haryana and this information is being collected. We hope to present this in a consolidated form to the Election Commission tomorrow or the day after. We will seek time...Serious questions have been raised by our candidates. We will bring it to the notice of the Election Commission and what we have seen today in Haryana is a victory for manipulation, a victory for subverting the will of the people and it is a defeat for transparent democratic processes.”

On the question of infighting in the party, former CM and Congress leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda said, “Congress is united. You can see the BJP , Anil Vij did not come out of his house, Ram Bilas Sharma's ticket was cut. In a democratic party, 'matbhed' (difference of opinion) can be there but there is no 'manbhed' (difference of thought)...”