The Congress on Wednesday released a fresh list of 40 candidates for the upcoming assembly elections in Haryana. The list comprises some prominent names including, Aditya, the son of Randeep Surjewala. Aditya has been given a ticket from Kaithal. Moreover, the grand old party has given tickets to Chander Mohan from Panchkula, Ch Nirmal Singh from Ambala and Varinder Kumar Shah from Panipat City.
Here is the list of some prominent candidates:
Panchkula: Chander Mohan
Ambala city: Ch. Nirmal Singh
Mulana (SC): Smt. Pooja Chaudhary
Jagadhri: Akram Khan
Yamunanagar: Raman Tyagi
Pehowa: Mandeep Singh Chatha
Guhla (SC): Devinder Hans
Kalayat: Vikas Saharan
Kaithal: Aditya Surjewala
Pundri: Sultan Singh Jadola
Indri: Rakesh Kumar Kamboj
Karnal: Smt. Sumita Virk
Gharaunda: Virender Singh Rathore
Panipat City: Varinder Kumar Shah
Rai: Jai: Bhagwan Antil
Jind: Mahabir Gupta
Fatehabad: Balwan Singh Daulatpuria
Ratia: Jarnail Singh
Sirsa: Gokul Setia
Ellenabad: Bharat Singh Beniwal
Adampur: Chander Parkash
Hansi: Rahul Makkar
Barwala: Ram Niwas Ghorela
Hisar: Ram Niwas Rara
Congress holds nine seats for last-minute alliance
The Congress has not declared candidates for nine seats, feeling speculation over a last-minute tie-up with AAP and other small outfits. Thursday is the last day of filing of nominations. Besides Surjewala, the third list includes Chander Mohan from Panchkula, Nirmal Singh from Ambala City, Akram Khan from Jagadhri, Balwan Singh Daulatpuri from Fatehabad, Ram Niwas Rara from Hisar, Pradeep Narwal from Bawani Khera (SC) and Mohammad Israil from Hathin.
The Congress on Friday declared 32 candidates for the polls, fielding former chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda from Garhi Sampla-Kiloi, state unit chief Udai Bhan from Hodal, and wrestler Vinesh Phogat from Julana. The party had first released a list of 31 candidates and a little later, in a statement, said the CEC had approved the candidature of Balbir Singh from the Israna (reserved for the Scheduled Castes) constituency. Singh is the incumbent MLA from Israna.
The party declared nine candidates on Sunday. It has renominated all its 28 MLAs. Besides Hooda, Bhan, and Phogat, the Congress has also fielded Mewa Singh from Ladwa to take on Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini. The Congress was also engaged in seat-sharing talks with the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) for the Haryana polls, with hard bargaining going on from both sides.
However, the talks hit a deadlock and the AAP has released multiple lists since then. Some Congress leaders have expressed reservations over a tie-up with the Arvind Kejriwal-led party. Assembly elections in Haryana will be held on October 5 and the counting of votes will be undertaken on October 8.
(With PTI Inputs)
