Haryana Assembly Elections 2024 | Who is Devender Kadyan? BJP rebel independent candidate who won from Ganaur constituency

Independent candidate from Haryana's Ganaur constituency Devender Kadyan on Tuesday emerged victorious after defeating Congress' Kuldeep Sharma with a margin of 35209 votes.

It is noteworthy that Kadyan was with the BJP before he quit just weeks before the elections after the saffron party refused to give him a ticket from the seat he has won today, as per a report in the Hindustan Times.

"I promise that this son of Gunnour will always stand with you the way you stand with me," he wrote on his social media after winning as he referred to himself as the son of Gannour.

Kadyan alleged that tickets were being bought and sold in the BJP while resigning the party in a Facebook livestream.

Devender Kadyan is also the Senior Vice President of Wrestling Federation of India, and was considered close to the protesting wrestlers, as per the report. Along with this, he holds the position of chairman in the Mannat Group of Hotels, and is the founder of the Deva Social Welfare Society.

Kadyan was reportedly also made chairman of the Haryana Youth Commission right before Lok Sabha polls by Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini.

Having won independently, Kadyan held a road show in Haryana immediately after.

Meanwhile, the political pot in Haryana is on a boil at present with the Congress heading towards an unexpected loss.

As counting began, early trends showed that the Congress seemed on track to score a big win in the Haryana polls, as predicted also by exit polls.

However, soon after, the grand old party took a back seat as BJP led in 48 seats at the time of writing.

As vote counting is under way, check latest updates here

The Congress also raised with the Election Commission the issue of an "unexplained slowdown" in updating of results of Haryana elections on the poll watchdog's website and urged it to direct officials to update accurate figures so that "false news and malicious narratives" can be countered immediately.

In a letter to the Chief Election Commissioner and Election Commissioners, Congress general secretary (In-charge, Communications) Jairam Ramesh said that between 9 and 11 am there was an "unexplained slowdown" in updating of results on the ECI's website.

(With PTI inputs)

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