Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party is trailing in two recent state elections, exit polls showed, providing a boost to the opposition after a weaker mandate for the ruling alliance in national elections.

As assembly elections wrap up in Haryana and Jammu & Kashmir, exit polls show the Congress party gaining ground in Haryana, while the National Conference leads in J&K. The BJP remains competitive in both regions but faces strong opposition.

In Haryana, which voted on Saturday, almost every major exit poll predicted that the Congress could come back to power after a decade and gain a comfortable majority on its own, d

If exit polls are accurate, the BJP will not achieve a third consecutive win in Haryana, while Congress is expected to reclaim the state. What this means for BJP, if numbers hold true on October 8 res