Uncategorized

Turning exit poll prediction on its head, the BJP is leading in 49 of Haryana’s 90 seats. The Congress is trailing with 34, but is still keeping its chin up, declaring it can still win. Arvind Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party, which had high hopes of carving out a niche in Haryana, boosted by  its victories in neighbouring Delhi and Punjab, has failed to open its account. The party, however, had some success in Jammu and Kashmir, winning one seat.In Jammu and Kashmir, which is electing its government after a decade, the National Conference and Congress alliance is ahead in 52 of the 90 seats – comfortably ahead of the halfway mark of 46. The BJP is ahead… Read More »BJP Set For Third Term In Haryana, J&K Picks National Conference-Congress

The two keywords in this Haryana election were Jats and Jalebis. The Congress bet heavily on both, but the trends show this has not paid off. The renowned jalebis in Haryana’s Gohana featured in Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s speech in the run-up to the Assembly polls. His remarks calling for mass manufacture and export of the juicy sweet fish were also mocked by the BJP. This morning, after early trends showed a Congress lead, jalebis were distributed at the Congress office in Delhi as party workers celebrated prematurely. The later rounds of counting, however, saw the BJP claw back and then surge far ahead of the main Opposition. Now it was the ruling party’s turn… Read More »Rahul Gandhi, BJP And The Jalebi Factor In Haryana Polls

If you’re offered a free cookie, you might say yes. But if you’re paid to eat a free cookie, would your response be the same? In our new research, twice as many people were willing to eat a cookie when they weren’t offered payment compared with when they were. From a purely economic perspective, our findings reflect irrational decision-making. Objectively, a cookie plus money is better than just a cookie. But people aren’t purely economic. They’re social animals with a tendency to look for hidden reasons behind other people’s behaviours. In the case of overly generous deals, people are expecting a “phantom cost” – one hidden in the initial offer. And this expectation influences their… Read More »Phantom Cost Explained: Why People Think Freebies Are Too Good To Be True

Congress candidate and former wrestler Vinesh Phogat has won the Julana assembly seat in Haryana. Her win comes even as the ruling BJP has crossed the majority mark in the Haryana assembly and was leading on 48 seats, while the Congress was ahead on 37, according to the latest trends on the Election Commission website. The BJP’s stellar performance in Haryana, set for a third term in the state, has invalidated the exit poll results that have predicted a Congress comeback in the state. Haryana Election Results 2024 Live Updates here. The counting of votes polled in the October 5 Haryana elections began at 8 am on Tuesday. The Olympian defeated BJP’s Captain Yogesh Bairagi,… Read More »Election Results 2024: Congress’s Vinesh Phogat Wins Debut Election From Haryana’s Julana

Omar Abdullah will become Jammu and Kashmir’s Chief Minister, declared Farooq Abdullah today as his National Conference party is set to sweep the assembly elections in alliance with the Congress. Farooq Abdullah made the announcement while greeting his supporters towards the end of counting of votes in Jammu and Kashmir’s first elections in 10 years. Omar Abdullah had earlier served in the top post from 2009 till 2015.