The Election Commission has changed the date of Haryana Assembly elections. Elections for 90 seats will now be held on October 5 instead of October 1. The result will come on October 8. The Commission has also announced to declare the results of Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections on October 8. Earlier the results of both the states were to come on October 4. The Election Commission said that the National President of All India Bishnoi Mahasabha of Rajasthan had asked us to change the date. He said that for many generations, many families of Punjab, Rajasthan and Haryana participate in the annual festival in ancestral village Mukam during the new moon day of ‘Asooj’ month in Bikaner district in memory of Guru Jambheshwar. This year this festival is falling on October 2. Due to this, thousands of Bishnoi families of Sirsa, Fatehabad and Hisar will travel to Rajasthan on the day of voting, due to which they will not be able to vote on October 1. Impact of Bishnoi society in 11 assembly constituencies
According to the information received from the website of Bishnoi Samaj, there are Bishnoi dominated villages in Bhiwani, Hisar, Sirsa and Fatehabad districts. Their impact is in about 11 assembly constituencies. Which has about 1.5 lakh votes. This includes Adampur, Uklana, Nalwa, Hisar, Barwala, Fatehabad, Tohana, Sirsa, Dabwali, Ellenabad, Loharu assembly constituencies. 3 letters sent to the commission in support of changing the date of elections… 1. BJP State President Mohan Lal Baroli
BJP State President in Haryana Mohan Lal Baroli had written a letter to the Election Commission saying that 28 and 29 September are Saturday-Sunday. Voting will take place on 1 October, while Gandhi Jayanti on 2 October and Agrasen Jayanti on 3 October are holidays. Voters will go out for a walk during such long holidays. This may reduce voting. Baroli also told in the letter that Asoj fair will start in Mukam Dham in Rajasthan on 2 October. This is a big religious program of the Bishnoi community. People from Rajasthan, Haryana, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi come to this fair. The population of Bishnoi community is high in Haryana. This can also have an impact on voting. 2. INLD Principal General Secretary Abhay Singh Chautala
INLD General Secretary Abhay Singh Chautala had written a letter to the Chief Election Commissioner supporting BJP’s demand to extend the date of voting on October 1. He wrote in the letter, since people usually go on holidays on weekends, it will definitely affect the voting. The vote percentage will be adversely affected and the voting percentage is likely to decrease by 15 to 20 percent. Apart from this, the training of the staff for the election as well as the preparation for the election will also be adversely affected. To ensure maximum participation of voters in Haryana and maximize the voting percentage, the date / day of voting should be extended by one or two weeks. 3. All India Bishnoi Mahasabha
All India Bishnoi Mahasabha had also written a letter to the Chief Election Commissioner demanding a change in the date of the election. National President of the Mahasabha Devendra Budia said that a big fair will be organized in Bikaner, Rajasthan on October 1. A large number of devotees of Bishnoi community reach it. In such a situation, the date of the election should be changed. Muqaam Dham is situated in Bikaner, Rajasthan, where a fair is held on Asoj Amavasya. This time Asoj Amavasya will start on October 1 at 9.39 pm and end on October 3 at 12:18 pm. What did the two parties say in opposition to changing the date of the election… Haryana Congress State President Chaudhary Udaybhan: From the Chief Minister to the former State President, no one is untouched by defeat in the BJP. Their Chief Minister lost in his booth and assembly. Their former State President Dhankhar lost the election. Even Subhash Barala lost the election. That is why the BJP wants to postpone the election by making an excuse of holidays. The public has decided to dismiss the BJP. Former Deputy Chief Minister of Haryana and JJP leader Dushyant Chautala: The BJP is badly scared due to the announcement of early voting in the state and due to this the BJP has reached the court of the Election Commission to extend the date of voting. BJP is clearly afraid of losing this election, because now the support base of BJP has fallen in the state and due to this it is not able to win even 20 seats. Earlier also the date of election was changed in 3 states Rajasthan: Assembly elections were held in Rajasthan at the end of the year 2023. Here the Election Commission had announced elections in one phase on 23 November, but due to a large scale wedding ceremony on this day, the commission changed it to 25 November. Mizoram: Here the commission had changed the date of election counting. Earlier the counting of votes was to be done here on 3 December, but later it was changed to 4 October. The reason for this was that this day was a holy day for Christians here. All the political parties were also unanimous about changing the counting date. After this the commission changed this date. Sikkim-Arunachal Pradesh: The voting date for the assembly elections of these two states was changed. The commission changed the counting date here from 4 June to 2 June. Elections will be held in 3 phases in Jammu and Kashmir, the tenure of the new government will be 6 years
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