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 fared poorly in national elections.

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.

After poor performance in the national elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party likely lost major state elections to the Congress party and its partners.As per local media reports,

Amid the exit polls for the Assembly Elections of Jammu $ Kashmir and Haryana showing an upper hand to Congress-led alliance, party leader Ashok Tanwar claimed that they would win 50-61 seats in Jammu and Kashmir and 55-65 seats in Haryana.

The two elections were held in phases that ended on Saturday. Votes will be counted on Tuesday and results will be announced the same day. The exit poll results were released late on Saturday.

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