India's ruling party is projected to have lost two key provincial elections to the main opposition Congress party and its allies, exit polls showed, suggesting another setback after the party

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

While the Congress is looking all set to get a clear majority in the Haryana Assembly polls and return to power, its alliance with the National Conference is likely to stay ahead of the pack in Jammu and Kashmir,

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