Hooda all the way

Say voters in Haryana, as they overwhelmingly vote for the Congress; want CM Bhupinder Hooda back

Hooda all the way

Say voters in Haryana, as they overwhelmingly vote for the Congress; want CM Bhupinder Hooda back

Elections are like festivals in India and it was ensured that the dry poll day in Haryana was never short on liquor supply. Bootleggers gave three cheers to the abysmal security on the state border, as they were able to smuggle in booze from the neighbouring Punjab, Chandigarh and Delhi.

MiD DAY reporters were also able to buy a liquor vend near Ambala and visited a number of villages and polling stations on both sides of the Grand Trunk Road at Ambala, Kurukshetra, Ladwa, Karnal, Panipat and Sonepat but nobody bothered to frisk them.

Mantri vs Mukhyamantri
The whole Haryana is watching with bated breath towards Uchana Kalan village in Jind district. This is where one of the most keenly contested elections is on. Indian National Lok Dal supremo Om Prakash Chautala is pitted against five time legislator and former finance minister Chaudhary Birender Singh.

Birender Singh has won all the elections from Uchana except in 2000 and may prove to be a giant slayer as Chautala INLD's chief ministerial aspirant has already taken the safer route by filing his papers from another constituency, Ellenabad.

On the poll pitch
Cricketer Yuvraj Singh has never been in better form. Batting for his father Yograj Singh, the Indian National Lok Dal candidate from Panchkula, the star cricketer has dome everything to draw votes for his dad.
A veteran of 125 Punjabi films and a former cricketer, Yograj had put up posters of his star son across the constituency.

However, the father-son effort could go down the drain, as voters seemed impressed with the Congress government. "The Congress has done satisfactory work. Not only here but all across the state, the party should be given another chance to rule," said VK Bhatia, a bank employee at a polling booth at Sector-15, Panchkula.u00a0

Farmer shows his voting mark, after cast thier vote,at Village Mashoba, Karnal in Haryanau00a0 on Tuesday. Pic/Subhash Barolia

Fate chart of prominent players

Indian National Congress	u00a052 seats
Bharatiya Janata Party	2 seats
Haryana Vikas Party	7 seats
Bahujan Samaj Party	3 seats

Around 66% of 1.31 crore voters voted for 90-member Haryana Assembly 1,222 candidates, including 67 women, in the fray

Based on data collected by MiD DAY reporters from across Haryana on the day of polling

Nou00a0 government should be given a second chance. They become autocrats. People should vote for INLD
Gaurav, 26, MNC executive

It makes sense to vote for the party which is in power at the Centre to ensure fast development.
Gaurav Leekha, 24, MBA student

Everybody is voting for Congress in my village. We want the by Hooda government to continue
Mansa Ram, 64, farmer

You will have to bring Congress back into power for development. Hooda must continue
SN Gupta, 46, railways employee

Congress has done so much for our village and state. They brought about the real change.
Satya Narayan, 49, businessman

I voted for Congress as the candidate is my husband's friend. I rarely vote otherwise
Seema Sharma, 30, housewife

It's time to bring about a change. The spiralling prices have assumed dangerous proportion.
Shobha, 35, housewife

Congress will bring more funds to the state and ensure development as it is at the Centre too.
Tushar, 27, MNC executive

The sitting Congress MLA has done a lot so I voted for the party and want it to return to power.
Vikash, 23, MA student

Hooda deserves another chance for all the positive work he has done in his last tenure.
Shaurya Bhasin, 30, businessman

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