JULANA (Haryana): Congress candidate Vinesh Phogat on Tuesday emerged victorious in Julana Assembly Constituency in Haryana as she defeated Bharitya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Yogesh Kumar as per the Election Commission of India. The former wrestler defeated her rival with a margin of 5761 votes.
Congress leader and wrestler Bajrang Punia, who joined Congress along with Phogat only days prior to the Haryana Assembly elections, took to social media to congratulate Vinesh.
“Many congratulations to the country’s daughter Vinesh Phogat for her victory. This fight was not just for one Julana seat, it was not just with 3-4 other candidates, it was not just a fight between parties. This fight was against the strongest oppressive forces in the country. And Vinesh emerged victorious”, Bajrang Punia wrote on X.
देश की बेटी विनेश फोगाट को जीत की बहुत बहुत बधाई।
यह लड़ाई सिर्फ़ एक जुलाना सीट की नहीं थी, सिर्फ़ 3-4 और प्रत्याशियों के साथ नहीं थी, सिर्फ़ पार्टियों की लड़ाई नहीं थी।
यह लड़ाई देश की सबसे मज़बूत दमनकारी शक्तियों के ख़िलाफ़ थी। और विनेश इसमें विजेता रही।#VineshPhogat… pic.twitter.com/dGR5m2K2ao
— Bajrang Punia 🇮🇳 (@BajrangPunia) October 8, 2024
Vinesh totalled 65,080 votes after 15 rounds of counting of votes today posting a margin of + 6,015 votes over Yogesh Kumar. Incidentally the Congress won the seat after 19 years.
As BJP edged towards a hattrick in the Haryana assembly, the Congress has voiced concerns about discrepancies in the vote count data shown by the Election Commission.
“There is a mismatch in the actual number of rounds counted and the number of rounds being shown on the television through the Election Commission data. The EC data is lagging behind; they are still showing fourth or fifth-round data while 11 rounds have been counted. Our General Secretary Communications has tweeted to the Election Commission asking – are trying to put pressure on the local administration by delaying the display and uploading of data. In J&K you are getting live data with every round counted but in Haryana, it is not so,” Congress’ Pawan Khera claimed.
Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh also accused the EC of trying to influence the results. “Like the Lok Sabha elections, in Haryana, we are again witnessing a slowing down of uploading up-to-date trends on the ECI website. Is the BJP trying to build pressure on the administration by sharing outdated and misleading trends?” he said. (ANI)