Haryana Polls: Congress Declares 40 More Candidates; 9 Names Yet To Be Released

Congress on Wednesday night released its third list of 40 candidates for the Haryana Assembly elections, and the party has so far declared a total of 81 candidates for elections to the 90-member Assembly slated to take place on October 5.

The remaining nine seats include Ambala Cantt, Panipat Rural, Tigaon, Sohna, Narwana, Bhiwani, Rania, Narnaund, and Uklana, and the party is currently considering who to give the seats. It is reported that the party released the list of candidates where the threat of rebellion is minimal with fewer claimants.

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The delayed release of candidates is expected to reduce the disappointment of the aspirant party members who have been dropped from the list.

Notably, the Congress has nominated several new faces for Haryana assembly elections, and the list includes RS MP Randeep Singh Surjewala’s son Aditya Surjewala from Kaithal, Hisar MP Jai Prakash’s son Vikas Saharan from Kalayat, Ambala MP Varun Chaudhary’s wife Pooja Chaudhary from Mulana (reserved), and former Haryana CM Bansi Lal’s son-in-law Sombir Singh Sheoran from Badhra.

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Following the collapse of an alliance between the AAP and Congress, the battle has become intense in several constituencies. The JJP, BJP, AAP, and Congress have been fielding competing candidates as the deadline nears for filing nominations. In Julana constituency, the BJP has pitted Captain Yogesh Bairagi against Congress’ Vinesh Phogat, while the AAP and JJP fielded wrestler Kavita Dalal and sitting MLA Amarjeet Dhanda, respectively.

Last week, Congress had announced the list of 32 candidates, fielding former Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda from Garhi Sampla-Kiloi, state unit chief Udai Bhan from Hodal, and wrestler Vinesh Phogat from Julana.