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09NEWDELHI1261
2009-06-17 11:12:00
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Embassy New Delhi
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HARYANA PONDERS RIDING THE CONGRESS WAVE
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SUBJECT: HARYANA PONDERS RIDING THE CONGRESS WAVE
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SUBJECT: HARYANA PONDERS RIDING THE CONGRESS WAVE
1. (U) Summary: The political buzz in Delhi and Chandigarh is
that the Congress Party is considering early elections for
the Haryana state assembly. Originally scheduled for
February 2010, the preponed Haryana elections would likely be
scheduled to coincide with the Maharashtra assembly elections
in October 2009. After its thumping success in the
parliamentary elections, the Congress Party wants to ride
the current momentum to return to power in Haryana, a
prosperous state bordering New Delhi. Party officials have
made no official announcement. END SUMMARY.
2. (U) Bucking conventional wisdom and the best prediction of
political pundits, the Congress Party swept the 2009 Lok
Sabha (lower house of parliament) elections in Haryana,
garnering nine out of the state,s ten seats. The Bharatiya
Janata Party (BJP)-Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) alliance
fell flat, unable to win a single parliamentary seat. The
Bahujan Samaj Party did not make a dent in the Congress
Party,s Haryana juggernaut. The Congress candidates won by
comfortable majorities in all nine electoral districts and
only narrowly lost the tenth. An analysis of the Lok Sabha
results shows Congress winning in 59 of the 90 state assembly
segments.
3. (SBU) In order to cash in on its own momentum as well as
the disarray in the BJP and INLD camps, the Congress
leadership is strongly considering moving forward the
assembly election by a few months. The party has not
officially announced the election preponement, but the
increased flurry of potential candidates spending time and
money in Haryana, as well as the media buzz suggests that an
early election is in the offing. Our contacts, including in
the Congress Party, are reporting the strong possibility of
early polls in the state. Post will continue to monitor
increased political activity in Haryana.
BURLEIGH
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN
SUBJECT: HARYANA PONDERS RIDING THE CONGRESS WAVE
1. (U) Summary: The political buzz in Delhi and Chandigarh is
that the Congress Party is considering early elections for
the Haryana state assembly. Originally scheduled for
February 2010, the preponed Haryana elections would likely be
scheduled to coincide with the Maharashtra assembly elections
in October 2009. After its thumping success in the
parliamentary elections, the Congress Party wants to ride
the current momentum to return to power in Haryana, a
prosperous state bordering New Delhi. Party officials have
made no official announcement. END SUMMARY.
2. (U) Bucking conventional wisdom and the best prediction of
political pundits, the Congress Party swept the 2009 Lok
Sabha (lower house of parliament) elections in Haryana,
garnering nine out of the state,s ten seats. The Bharatiya
Janata Party (BJP)-Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) alliance
fell flat, unable to win a single parliamentary seat. The
Bahujan Samaj Party did not make a dent in the Congress
Party,s Haryana juggernaut. The Congress candidates won by
comfortable majorities in all nine electoral districts and
only narrowly lost the tenth. An analysis of the Lok Sabha
results shows Congress winning in 59 of the 90 state assembly
segments.
3. (SBU) In order to cash in on its own momentum as well as
the disarray in the BJP and INLD camps, the Congress
leadership is strongly considering moving forward the
assembly election by a few months. The party has not
officially announced the election preponement, but the
increased flurry of potential candidates spending time and
money in Haryana, as well as the media buzz suggests that an
early election is in the offing. Our contacts, including in
the Congress Party, are reporting the strong possibility of
early polls in the state. Post will continue to monitor
increased political activity in Haryana.
BURLEIGH