The Congress party expanded its list of candidates for the October 5 Haryana Assembly elections, unveiling a fourth set of names late Wednesday night. This new list includes five additional candidates, bringing the total number of declared candidates to 86 out of the 90-member Assembly.
The new candidates are:
– Former Haryana Youth Congress chief Sachin Kundu for Panipat Rural
– State youth wing spokesperson Rohit Nagar for Tigaon
– Parimal Pari for Ambala Cantt
– Satbir Dublain for the Narwana-SC reserved seat
– Sarva Mitra Kamboj for Rania
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Earlier in the day, Congress had announced its third list of 40 candidates. This list features Aditya Surjewala, son of Congress Rajya Sabha MP Randeep Surjewala, who will contest from Kaithal. Other notable names from this list include:
– Chander Mohan for Panchkula
– Ch. Nirmal Singh for Ambala City
– Akram Khan for Jagadhri
– Raman Tyagi for Yamunanagar
– Mandeep Singh Chatha for Pehowa
– Vikas Saharan for Kalayat
– Sultan Singh Jadola for Pundri
– Rakesh Kumar Kamboj for Indri
– Sumita Virk for Karnal
– Virender Singh Rathore for Gharaunda
– Varinder Kumar Shah for Panipat City
– Jai Bhagwan Antil for Rai
– Mahabir Gupta for Jind
– Balwan Singh Daulatpuria for Fatehabad
– Jarnail Singh for Ratia
– Gokul Setia for Sirsa
– Bharat Singh Beniwal for Ellenabad
– Chander Parkash for Adampur
– Rahul Makkar for Hansi
– Ram Niwas Ghorela for Barwala
– Ram Niwas Rara for Hisar
The Congress also named candidates for several other constituencies:
– Anil Mann for Nalwa
– Rajbir Singh Fartiya for Loharu
– Sombir Singh for Badhra
– Manisha Sangwan for Dadri
– Anita Yadav for Ateli
– Rao Narinder Singh for Narnaul
– Jagdish Yadav for Kosli
– Mohd Israil for Hathin
– Karan Dalal for Palwal
– Raghubir Tewatia for Prithla
– Vijay Pratap for Badhkal
– Parag Sharma for Ballabgarh
– Lakhan Kumar Singla for Faridabad
Candidates for seats reserved for Scheduled Castes include:
– Pradeep Narwal for Bawani Khera
– M.L. Ranga for Bawal-SC
– Pearl Chaudhary for Pataudi-SC
– Pooja Chaudhary for Mulana-SC
– Devinder Hans for Guhla-SC
The deadline for filing nomination papers is September 12. The single-phase Assembly elections will take place on October 5, with vote counting scheduled for October 8.
