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In a closely contested battle for all the 10 Lok Sabha seats in Haryana, the Congress party has made significant gains wrestling five Lok Sabha seats and giving a setback to the ruling BJP, whose tally was down from 10 to five in the State, where the assembly polls are also due later this year. In
Only two of the eight party-hoppers who had switched sides in the last over couple of months could secure victory on the 13 Lok Sabha seats in Punjab. The two victorious turncoats are AAP s Raj Kumar Chabbewal and Congress party s Dharamvira Gandhi.
Chabbewal, who was the deputy leader
The Congress made significant gains in Haryana wresting five Lok Sabha seats and giving a setback to ruling BJP, whose tally was down from 10 to five in the state, where the assembly polls are also due later this year.