Haryana Election: Congress Pits Journalist Against Ranjit Chautala, Shishpal Kamboj In Fifth List

The Congress has announced the names of five candidates for the 2024 Haryana Assembly Elections. In the 3rd list, Congress fielded Rajya Sabha MP Randeep Surjewala's son Adityafrom Kaithal seat.

Haryana Assembly Elections 2024: The Congress has released a list of two candidates for the Haryana Assembly Polls 2024. In its fifth list, the party fielded Naresh Selwal from the Uklana constituency and Jasbir Singh (Jessi Petwar) from Narnaund. Earlier, in the fourth list, the grand old party named former Haryana Youth Congress chief Sachin Kundu as its candidate for the Panipat Rural seat, and state youth wing's spokesperson Rohit Nagar as its candidate for Tigaon.

Besides them, Congress has fielded Parimal Pari for the Ambala Cantt seat, Satbir Dublain for the Narwana-SC reserved seat, and senior journalist Sarva Mitra Kamboj for Rania. This was Congress' fourth list for Haryana and so far, it has declared the names of 86 candidates for elections to the 90-member Assembly.

In the third list of 40 candidates, Congress fielded Rajya Sabha MP Randeep Surjewala's son Aditya was named as the party candidate for the Kaithal seat.

In the third list, the party also fielded Chander Mohan for Panchkula, Ch. Nirmal Singh (Ambala City), Akram Khan (Jagadhri), Raman Tyagi (Yamunanagar), Mandeep Singh Chatha (Pehowa), Vikas Saharan (Kalayat), Sultan Singh Jadola (Pundri), Rakesh Kumar Kamboj (Indri), Sumita Virk (Karnal), Virender Singh Rathore (Gharaunda), Varinder Kumar Shah (Panipat City), Jai Bhagwan Antil (Rai), Mahabir Gupta (Jind), Balwan Singh Daulatpuria (Fatehabad), Jarnail Singh (Ratia), Gokul Setia (Sirsa), Bharat Singh Beniwal (Ellenabad), Chander Parkash (Adampur), Rahul Makkar (Hansi), Ram Niwas Ghorela (Barwala), and Ram Niwas Rara (Hisar).

The party has named Anil Mann for Nalwa seat, Rajbir Singh Fartiya for Loharu, Sombir Singh (Badhra), Manisha Sangwan (Dadri), Anita Yadav (Ateli), Rao Narinder Singh (Narnaul), Jagdish Yadav (Kosli), Mohd Israil (Hathin), Karan Dalal (Palwal), Raghubir Tewatia (Prithla), Vijay Pratap (Badhkal), Parag Sharma (Ballabgarh), and Lakhan Kumar Singla (Faridabad).

Congress candidates named in the third list, who are contesting elections from seats reserved for Scheduled Castes, are Pradeep Narwal from Bawani Khera, M.L. Ranga (Bawal-SC), Pearl Chaudhary (Pataudi-SC), Pooja Chaudhary (Mulana-SC), and Devinder Hans (Guhla-SC).

The last date for filing nomination papers is September 12. Voting for single-phase Assembly elections will be held on October 5 while the counting will be taken up on October 8.