A week after the Election Commission of India announced the schedule for the Haryana Assembly elections, the BJP has written to the poll body seeking postponement of the polls scheduled for October 1, citing public holidays. However, the opposition claimed that the saffron party has sensed an impending defeat and is only trying to buy more time by making excuses. The letter to the EC was sent by the party’s state unit chief Mohan Lal Badoli.
In his letter, Badoli said that by taking a day off on September 30, people will have six days of holidays. Due to this long weekend, there is a strong possibility that several families will go on vacation and will not be able to vote, Badoli said in his letter to the EC. Badoli also noted that on October 2, “Asoj Amavasya”, many members of the Bishnoi community from Haryana will travel to Nokha tehsil in Bikaner, Rajasthan, to attend an annual fair held to mark the occasion.
BJP state election management committee member Varinder Garg said, “We have expressed concern over the fact that the date of the Assembly elections on October 1 (Tuesday) is preceded by a weekend and followed by other holidays, which could affect voter turnout as people usually go on vacation during long weekends.” Garg pointed out that September 28 and 29 are Saturday and Sunday, and October 1 is an election holiday. This will be followed by Gandhi Jayanti elections on October 2 and Maharaja Agrasen Jayanti on October 3.
While opposition parties Congress and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) criticised the BJP, accusing it of panicking in anticipation of defeat, Abhay Chautala’s INLD also called for a postponement of the polls.
Congress leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda said the BJP’s demand for postponement of the elections indicates that it has already admitted defeat. “It has been more than a week since the Election Commission announced the date of the elections. The BJP’s demand for postponement of the elections reflects its acceptance of defeat,” said Hooda, who is the leader of the opposition and former chief minister of Haryana. He stressed, “The elections must be held as scheduled by the EC. The people of Haryana do not want the BJP government to remain in power for even one more day.”
“The Haryana BJP has written a letter to the Election Commission to postpone the elections, which shows how scared the BJP is of elections. Seeing its defeat, the ruling party is giving childish arguments. Because it has no problem, no work or achievement to tell the public and it does not have 90 candidates to give tickets to. That is why the BJP is conspiring to postpone the elections on the excuse of vacations. The voters of Haryana are well aware. They will not go anywhere for vacations but will go to the polls in large numbers to vote for the BJP,” Deepender Hooda said on X.
The Haryana unit of the AAP said that even before the elections were held, the ruling BJP had started looking for excuses as it could sense its impending defeat in the elections. In a post on X, the AAP said that if the BJP had worked in the state, it would not have been seeking postponement of the elections. This time, the BJP’s defeat is certain, it said.
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