Congress Winning Haryana, Insists Bhupinder Hooda, Body Language Says Otherwise
NDTV
Leads are pointing to the Congress forming the government in the state for the third straight time.
Putting on a brave face despite counting trends see-sawing and tilting in the BJP's favour after giving the Congress a comfortable lead, senior Congress leader and former chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda has said his party will form a government in Haryana.
Speaking to reporters around 10.15 am, when the BJP was leading in 48 seats in Haryana - three over the halfway mark - Mr Hooda insisted that the Congress would get a majority on his own. When he was asked the question repeatedly, Mr Hooda maintained his stand, but his body language appeared to betray him.
The generally upbeat Congress leader appeared very neutral, even a little downcast, when he was asked about trends showing the BJP in the lead. "The Congress is going to form a government in the state. Only two or three rounds of counting have been completed. The reports we are getting are saying that the Congress will have a majority," he said in Hindi.
