Lok Sabha results will not impact Vidhan Sabha outcome: Haryana Cong chief

Haryana Congress president Ashok Tanwar Friday asked party workers not to be disheartened by the results of the Lok Sabha elections and to fight collectively in the upcoming assembly polls in the state.

He said the factors which were at work in the Lok Sabha polls will not play a role in the Vidhan Sabha elections in Haryana, which are due in October.

The party faced drubbing in the recent Lok Sabha polls. It failed to win any of the 10 seats in Haryana and even stalwarts like former chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Kumari Selja, Ajay Singh Yadav, besides Tanwar and Deepender Singh Hooda had to taste defeat.

"Our workers need not be disheartened. It is time for our workers and leaders to collectively fight and win the upcoming Vidhan Sabha elections," he told reporters here.

He said issues will be different in the Vidhan Sabha elections.

"These elections will be fought on what Khattar government has delivered on the ground. The promises they made to people five years ago remain ..