The Jannayak Janta Party (JJP) and Aazad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram) alliance on Wednesday issued a list of 19 candidates for the Haryana Assembly elections.
JJP leader Dushyant Chautala will contest the elections from Uchana, while Digvijay Chautala will fight from Dabwali. Chautala, who is a former Deputy Chief Minister of Haryana, is a sitting MLA from Uchana Kalan.
While Dushyant's party is contesting on 15 of the 19 seats, Chandrashekhar Azad Ravan's party will fight on the remaining 4 seats.
The JJP named party legislator Amarjeet Dhanda from Julana assembly segment, while Dushyant's brother Digvijay Singh Chautala is contesting from the Dabwali seat.
The party has not named its candidate from Badhra where Dushyant's mother Naina Chautala is the sitting MLA. Former legislator Rajbir Phogat will contest from Charkhi Dadri.
The JJP and Chandra Shekhar Azad-led Azad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram) recently announced their alliance for the Haryana Assembly polls. The JJP will contest 70 of the 90 Assembly seats, while the Azad Samaj Party will contest 20 seats.
In the first list, JJP also named its candidates for Gohana, Bawal, Mulana, Radaur, Gulha, Jind, Nalwa, Tosham, Beri, Ateli and Hodal. ASP named its candidates from from Sadhaura, Jagadhri, Sohna and Palwal constituencies in the first list.
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.
In the 2019 assembly polls, Dushyant Chautala had defeated Prem Lata, the wife of veteran leader Birender Singh who was with BJP at that time, according to news agency PTI.
Former Union minister Birender Singh, who is now in Congress, is likely to get the ticket in Uchana.Birender Singh has won Uchana seat on five occasions while his wife Prem Lata won it in 2014. Birendra Singh's son Brijendra Singh, who is an ex-MP from Hisar, is also now in the Congress.