POLL-LDALL HARYANA 2

Hooda said he was a candidate for the Chief Minister's
post but "not a claimant. All decisions of the Congress high
command will be binding upon me."
Though Congress failed to get a simple majority, Hooda
exuded confidence that the party would form the government.
On his earlier assessment that the Congress will make a
clean sweep, Hooda admitted "Our assessment on the assembly
polls was wrong. We will analyse our performance."
He, however, said people in Haryana want that Congress
should form the government. "We may have got less number of
seats, but our vote share is not low," he said, adding that
being the single largest party they would soon meet the
Governor to stake claim.
Hooda, however, had the satisfaction of winning with the
largest margin 71,200 votes from Garhi Sampla-Kiloi seat.
Signalling the opposition to come on a single platform,
Chautala told reporters, "If the opposition unites they can
form a government."
"We appeal to the Governor that he should first invite the
opposition parties, which have emerged as the largest group.
Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda should immediately step
down on moral grounds and the Congress should not stake claim
to form the government," he said.
Despite BJP snapping ties with it shortly before the
Assembly polls, Chautala said he still has good friends in
that party and he would not hesitate in approaching them.
"It is not the political relations that I have with
the BJP, but I have personal relations with former Prime
Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, senior leader L K Advani and
BJP chief Rajnath Singh. We will talk to the BJP," he said,
indicating he was not averse to seeking their support. (MORE)
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