Rania: As the election battle heats up in Haryana, INLD candidate Arjun Singh Chautala announced on Tuesday that he will not support any party. "We have continuously worked hard, we went among the people. I am confident that our hard work will yield results..Our stand is very clear, we do not need to go to any side..." he said.

Meanwhile, his party colleague, Abhay Singh Chautala, is trailing with 27,421 votes, falling behind by 6,346 votes. Abhay is a current member of the Haryana Legislative Assembly from Ellenabad and has held various key positions in the state assembly.

According to the latest update from the Election Commission, Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini is leading in the Ladwa constituency by 840 votes over Congress candidate Mewa Singh. Additionally, Congress leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda is ahead in the Garhi Sampla-Kiloi seat, leading by 16,823 votes against BJP's Manju.

As counting continues, between 4 to 9 rounds of votes have been tallied in most of the 90 constituencies. The Bharatiya Janata Party is currently leading in 28 seats as of 10:15 am.

In Jammu and Kashmir, early trends from the Election Commission indicate that the Jammu Kashmir National Conference and Congress alliance has surpassed the halfway mark with leads in 47 seats. The results will impact several former ministers, including Tara Chand, Muzaffar Baig, Raman Bhalla, Basharat Bukha, Omar Abdullah, Ravinder Raina, Yousuf Tarigami, and others.

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