Renowned wrestler and BJP leader Babita praised the people of Haryana for electing her party to power for a record third time in the state. 

“Hail Constitution, hail Hanuman, hail soldier, hail farmer, hail wrestler… infinite congratulations and best wishes to the people of Haryana and all the workers for rejecting the rumors and lies of Congress and trusting the development policies of the BJP, Nayab Singh Saini, and the leadership of our respected Prime Minister Narendra Modi,” she tweeted following her party’s stellar performance.

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Interestingly, Babita did not offer any words of appreciation for her cousin, renowned wrestler Vinesh Phogat, who won as a Congress candidate from the Julana constituency. 

The cousins have reportedly been experiencing a fallout stemming from political differences and family matters. Babita had previously called out Vinesh for being disrespectful to her father, Mahavir Phogat, who was Vinesh’s coach.

BJP all set to retain Haryana

Meanwhile, the ruling BJP was all set to retain power in Haryana, leading in 49 seats and halting a Congress comeback in the state after a decade, according to the latest trends available on the Election Commission website.

The Congress was ahead in 36 seats, Independents in 3 and the INLD in 2 seats, the trends showed.

Among prominent candidates, Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini, Congress leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda and Independent candidate Savitri Jindal won while INLD's Abhay Singh Chautala lost and JJP's Dushyant Chautala was trailing, according to the trends available at 4.15 pm.

Among other losers included Haryana assembly speaker and BJP's Gian Chand Gupta, Haryana Lokhit Party Gopal Kanda and BJP leader O P Dhankar.

From Julana seat, Congress's Vinesh Phogat registered a victory defeating her nearest BJP rival Yogesh Kumar by a margin of 6,015 votes.

The Aam Aadmi Party has drawn a blank. (With inputs from Agencies)