As soon as Congress lost in Haryana, the tone of the alliance partners appeared to be changed as they advised introspection. INDIA allies' reactions are crucial ahead of key elections in Maharashtra and Jharkhand.

India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) appeared on course for a surprise win on Tuesday in polls in the northern state of Haryana, but was trailing the opposition in the first elections in a decade in troubled Muslim-majority Jammu and Kashmir.

AAP leaders took a jibe at the Congress, saying the biggest lesson that can be drawn from the poll debacle is that one shouldn't be overconfident

The vote share of the BJP and Congress turned out to be close even though the saffron party won the elections with a simple majority. The BJP received 39.94 per cent votes, while the Congress managed 39.

Join Madhavan Narayanan Sr. Journalist and Yuvraj Pokharna, Columnist, on ET Now to discuss the latest political developments. The opposition parties have experienced a mixed bag of results, with the BJP emerging as the dominant force in Haryana and the National Conference in Jammu and Kashmir.