In what appeared to be a ‘done deal’ according to exit and pre-polls analyses, Haryana’s electoral outcome has opened a can of worms, raising questions about the Congress leadership and its inability to tactically outsmart the Bharatiya Janata Party. The BJP used a carefully micromanaged, booth-wise strategy that secured its third consecutive term. Not only did it perform well in core urban areas, but it also consolidated a larger voter base gravitating around the Jat districts among non-Jat groups (Other Backward Castes and Dalits) in rural areas.

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