The Congress party on Friday released its first list of 31 candidates for the upcoming Assembly elections in Haryana. Hours after joining the party with Bajrang Punia, the party fielded wrestler Vinesh Phogat for the Julana seat.
The party has also fielded former Haryana CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda from the Garhi Sampla-Kiloi seat. Surender Panwar has been given a ticket from Sonipat, Jagbir Singh Malik from Gohana, and Bharat Bhushan Batra from Rohtak.
Haryana Congress chief Udai Bhan will contest Assembly polls from Hodal seat. Congress candidate Mewa Singh will take on Haryana chief minister and BJP leader Nayab Saini in Ladwa.
कांग्रेस अध्यक्ष श्री @kharge की अध्यक्षता में आयोजित 'केंद्रीय चुनाव समिति' की बैठक में हरियाणा विधानसभा चुनाव के लिए कांग्रेस उम्मीदवारों की लिस्ट। pic.twitter.com/0GsZyTFDVD
— Congress (@INCIndia) September 6, 2024
From Badli seat, the Congress has fielded Kuldeep Vata, Geeta Bhukkal from Jhajjar (reserved for SC), Chiranjeev Rao from Rewari, Aftab Ahmed from Nuh, and Neeraj Sharma from Faridabad NIT.
The list was released after the Central Election Committee (CEC) of the Congress met in Delhi. The meeting was attended by Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, former party chief Sonia Gandhi, party general secretary in-charge organisation K C Venugopal, All India Congress Committee (AICC) in-charge of Haryana Deepak Babaria and Hooda, among others, attending the meeting.
Haryana goes to the polls on October 5 and the votes will be counted on October 8.
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