GT Road belt, Ahirwal & Faridabad - it's BJP forte
The Morning Standard|October 10, 2024
THE BJP bagged 48 seats to form a government for the third straight term in the Jat heartland, putting up a strong performance and dashing Congress's hopes across the state. It not only won 18 of the 29 seats in the Grand Trunk (GT) Road belt, its stronghold, but also secured seven out of nine seats in Faridabad and Pawal districts, while sweeping the Ahirwal region in southern Haryana by winning 10 out of 11 seats.
HARPREET BAJWA @ Chandigarh
GT Road belt, Ahirwal & Faridabad - it's BJP forte

This time, the saffron party won 18 out of 29 seats in the GT Road belt spanning seven districts: Panchkula, Ambala, Kurukshetra, Yamunanagar, Karnal, Panipat and Sonepat, traditionally non-Jat dominated area. Last time, it had won 14 seats and the Congress 13.

In 2014, the BJP won 22 seats from this belt, while the Congress only had six seats.

The party bagged all nine assembly segments in the parliamentary seat of Karnal, which is on the GT Road belt and covers Karnal and Panipat.

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