A week before the counting, Haryana Congress leader Deepender Hooda had confidently tweeted that Haryana would give a fitting reply to the arrogance of chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar. Although the Congress leader had brazenly asked people to save his tweet and compare on counting day with the result, few took his words seriously.

He re-tweeted it after the election. And once again few people took notice and the exit polls of course predicted a BJP sweep in the state and a second term for Mr Khattar.

But it was Deepender Hooda, who had the last laugh today as supporters and party workers mobbed him and his father, former chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda. They had pulled off what was deemed to be impossible. Watch this video which reflects the mood in the state on Thursday afternoon: