Congress candidate Deepak Singh after winning the biennial election of the Uttar Pradesh legislative council in Lucknow on Friday. Haryana Congress MLAs met this afternoon and adopted a one-line resolution authorising Sonia to take a decision. Spokesperson Manish Tewari alleged harassment of Congress MLAs, including through police raids, in BJP-ruled Jharkhand. Sonia appeared to have overcome a major hurdle by persuading former chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda to support Anand. A Congress leader said over the phone from Lucknow: "Sibal is definitely not yet out of the danger zone.

Source: The Telegraph June 10, 2016 21:11 UTC