People in Haryana want to make Modi PM for third term as double-engine govt policies benefited everyone: Saini
May 18, 2024
Karnal (Haryana) [India], May 18 : Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Saturday said that people of the state want to make Narendra Modi Prime Minister for a third term as the policies of double engine government have reached everyone.
"From the past 10 years, the policies of double engine government have reached everyone. People want to make Narendra Modi Prime Minister for a third term," Saini told reporters here.
Saini said that his predecessor Manohar Lal Khattar, who is contesting from Karnal Lok Sabha constituency, will win the elections by a big margin.
"From Karnal Lok Sabha constituency Manohar Lal Khattar will win the elections with a big margin. I thank the people of Karnal for their blessings," he said.
In this election, Khattar is pitted against Congress's Divyanshu Budhiraja.
In the last general election, Sanjay Bhatia of the BJP defeated his closest contender Kuldip Sharma of the Congress by close to 6.6 lakh votes from the constituency.
In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections in the state, the BJP swept the state, capturing all 10 seats and the Karnal Lok Sabha seat witnessed 68.31 per cent votes.
In the 2014 elections, the BJP won 7 seats, while the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) won 2 seats and the Congress secured only one seat. From the same Karnal Lok Sabha seat, the BJP's Ashwini Kumar had won in 2014, too.
Congress' Arvind Kumar Sharma won Karnal in 2009 and 2004, both times as a Congress candidate. This time, Sharma is contesting as BJP candidate from Rohtak against Congress' Deepender Singh Hooda.
The Lok Sabha elections for the 10 parliamentary constituencies of Haryana are going to be held in a single phase on May 25.
