Revisit: ETV Bharat's special stories on Haryana Assembly polls

ETV Bharat has been publishing special stories and packages on its website since the election dates have been announced. Let us revisit the stories related to Haryana Assembly elections.

Hyderabad: With polling in Haryana scheduled for today, the electoral fate of 1169 candidates in Haryana will be sealed in EVMs.

In Haryana, 19,578 polling stations have been set up for people to cast their votes. The polling for 90 Assembly seats of Haryana will start at 7 am and will continue till 6 pm. The counting of votes will take place on October 24.

In Haryana, 2,987 have been marked as vulnerable whereas 151 critical polling stations have been identified the live footage of which would be monitored in the control room set up at the headquarters in Chandigarh.

More than 40,000 Haryana Police personnel, over 13,000 paramilitary personnel and more than 20,000 Home Guards and Special Police Officers have been deployed for conducting the elections.

The assembly election will witness a multi-cornered contest among BJP, Congress, Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) and Jannayak Janta Party (JJP).

Campaigning in Haryana for the Assembly elections, 2019 concluded on Saturday. The Model Code of Conduct came into force on September 21 after the Election Commission of India announced Assembly election dates.

The elections in Haryana for 90 assembly seats is scheduled to take place on 21 of October and the counting will take place on 24th of October. The major political parties in the fray are the ruling BJP, Jananayak Janata party, Congress and India National Lok Dal. Some of the prominent leaders in fray for the polls are Manohar Lal Khattar, Bhupinder Singh Hooda and Dushyant Chautala.

Politics in Haryana has undergone major changes as it evolves and the state now being ruled by the saffron party. As the country waits to watch who takes over the Haryana battle, big parties have put their bargain on their star campaigners who've done rigorous rallies for their respective leaders.

As the stage is all set for the first set of state Assembly polls after Narendra Modi-led BJP stormed back to power for a second term, here is a look at the top political bigwigs who will be battling it out in high-profile face-offs in Haryana on October 21.

83 polling stations in Haryana have been identified as 'critical' while a total of 2,923 polling stations in various places across the state have been declared as 'vulnerable' for the upcoming Haryana Assembly elections.

Haryana Chief Electoral Officer Anurag Agarwal on Sunday said that EVMs are completely safe and cannot be tampered with. He gave this statement hours after a video of BJP's Assandh candidate Bakshish Singh Virk purportedly making controversial remarks about electronic voting machines surfaced on social media.

Director-General of Police Manoj Yadava assured that elaborate security measures in place for fair, peaceful polls have been made for people to reach their respective polling stations in large numbers and cast vote without any fear. More than 40,000 Haryana police personnel, over 13,000 Paramilitary personnel and more than 20,000 Home Guards and Special police officers have been deployed for the voting scheduled for October 21.

Election Commission of India (ECI) has appointed Vinod Zutshi, former Deputy Election Commissioner ECI and Secretary Tourism, as a special observer for ensuing elections to 23-Assandh Assembly Constituency of Karnal District in Haryana.

In an exclusive interview with ETV Bharat during the last leg of his campaigning, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar defended raising the Article 370 issue in his campaigns, and expressed confidence that the BJP would storm back to power with a massive majority in the state.

In an exclusive interview with Senior journalist Amit Agnihotri, former Haryana CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda talked about Congress party, his political plans and priorities for Haryana, adding that he was confident that his party will form the next government in the state.

The BJP on Sunday released its manifesto for Haryana Assembly polls with no promises to waive farm debt or job reservations for women, saying it is more realistic and practical than its rival Congress' "populist" manifesto. The manifesto titled 'Mhare Sapne Ka Haryana' was released in the presence of BJP Working President JP Nadda, CM Manohar Lal Khattar and senior party leaders.