 "Haryana elections: Six-time BJP MLA Anil Vij trails; Savitri Jindal leads: Haryana elections result | Haryana Elections News")
Savitri Jindal filed nomination as an Independent candidate from Hisar constituency
The Haryana Assembly election results are revealing some unexpected trends as vote counting continues on Tuesday. While Congress led in the first two hours, the Bharatiya Janata Party has since surged ahead, leading in at least 50 constituencies as of 10am.
Ahead of the polls, Vij expressed his ambition to run for the chief ministerial position, even though BJP had announced that outgoing Chief Minister Nayab Saini would continue in the role if the party returned to power. Vij, the most senior BJP MLA in Haryana, served as home minister under Manohar Lal Khattar’s government.
Savitri Jindal leads in Hisar
With a net worth of $33 billion, Jindal is the chairperson of the multinational Jindal Group. At 74, she is the widow of industrialist O P Jindal. She served as a Congress representative for Hisar twice, beginning her political career in the 2005 by-election following her husband’s death in a helicopter crash. She won again in 2009 and later served as a minister in the Bhupinder Hooda government. Her son, Naveen Jindal, is a BJP Lok Sabha MP from Kurukshetra.
First Published: Oct 08 2024 | 12:15 PM IST
