New Delhi, Oct 25 (TIWN) Despite falling short by 14 seats to get the magic figure in the 90-member Haryana Assembly, the Congress is hopeful of forming government in the state with the support of Dushyant Chautala's JJP and Independents (mostly BJP turncoats), party leaders said on Friday.

Senior Congress leader Ambika Soni said that the party will try to form the government in the state. She was addressing the media at Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi's residence.

Soni had come to attend the meeting of senior party leaders to discuss the Congress' stand on several important issues like Citizenship Amendment Act, Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) and the crucial winter session of Parliament.

Also present were former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, former party chief Rahul Gandhi, K.C. Venugopal, Rajeev Satav, Randeep Singh Surjewala, Jairam Ramesh, A.K. Antony, Sushmita Deb, Ghulam Nabi Azad, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, Ambika Soni, Ahmed Patel, Mallikarjuna Kharge, Anand Sharma, Jyotiraditya Scindia and Mohsina Kidwai.