Rohtak, May 15 -- Reacting to the BJP's victory in his home turf of Sampla, former chief minister and leader of the opposition (LoP) Bhupinder Singh Hooda said that nearly 66% of the votes were polled against the BJP.

"The BJP candidate got only 34% of the votes while 66% votes were polled against the BJP and out of 16 wards, the BJP could win only five", Hooda said when asked about the result in the Sampla municipal committee, which is part of his Garhi-Sampla-Keloi constituency.

Hooda said that this reflects that the mandate was against the BJP and the Congress did not contest the election, as the party never contests municipal committee elections on the party symbol. He said that the election is unlikely to have any impact on party w...