A day after the results were declared, Rahul Gandhi writes on the social media handle X, “My heartfelt thanks to the people of Jammu and Kashmir – India’s victory in the state is a victory of the Constitution, a victory of democratic self-respect. We are analysing the unexpected results of Haryana.”

The Congress did not realise that Haryana’s electoral game has changed compared to when it dominated the state’s politics under the Hoodas in 2005 and 2009