Haryana BJP List: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday released a list of 67 candidates for the upcoming elections to the 90-member assembly.
Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini is set to contest from Ladwa, while Gian Chand Gupta is set to contest from Panchkula.
Former Haryana BJP chief Om Prakash Dhankar has been pitched from Badli, while veteran party leader and former minister Anil Vij will contest from Ambala Cantt.
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Devender Singh Babli, Sanjay Kablana and Shruti Choudhry, who recently switched to the BJP, will contest from the Tohana, Beri and Tosham seats.
Meanwhile, the BJP has fielded Union Minister Rao Inderjit Singh's daughter Arti Singh Rao from Ateli. The names of Capt Abhimanyu, Bhavya Bishnoi, the son of Kuldeep Bishnoi, and former MP Sunita Duggal are also on the list.
Ranjit Singh Chautala Not In The List
Amid speculations of his joining back to Congress, the name of Ranjit Singh Chautala is missing from the BJP's list of candidates from Haryana. Ranjit had announced to contest the assembly polls from the Rania assembly seat in Sirsa. However, the party named Shishpal Kambhoj from the Rania seat.
Ranjit, an independent MLA, is currently the power and jails minister in the Nayab Singh Saini-led BJP government. He unsuccessfully contested the Lok Sabha polls on BJP’s ticket from Hisar.
Recently, Ranjit was in Delhi and there were reports of his meeting with Congress leaders fuelling speculations of him joining the Congress.
The voting in the 90-member legislative assembly in Haryana will be held on October 5 and the last date for filing nominations is September 12. The counting of votes will be done on October 8.