Accept what people want: Robert Vadra as BJP set for Haryana hat-trick

The Congress has so far won nine seats and is leading in 27, while the BJP has a lead in 43 of the 90 Assembly constituencies in Haryana. 

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi’s husband, Robert Vadra, on Tuesday called for accepting "what people want" as Haryana favoured the BJP for a third term in the state, leading Congress to stop its early celebrations.

In an Instagram story, Vadra wrote, "Accept what the people want and help the state develop, with the leaders they choose. Think large, think India."

The Congress has so far won nine seats and is leading in 27, while the BJP has a lead in 43 of the 90 Assembly constituencies in Haryana.

As vote counting began this morning, Congress was seen taking a lead on majority seats, briefly seeming to cross the halfway mark of 46.

While the exit polls predicted a clean sweep for the Congress, the party's missteps like banking heavily on Jat stalwart Bhupinder Singh Hooda and the sidelining of Dalit leader Kumari Selja may have cost it the election.