AICC Basic Secretary KC Venugopal with wrestlers Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia as they joined Congress on the celebration headquarters, in New Delhi. (Photograph: PTI)
The Congress celebration on Friday introduced its first listing of 31 candidates for the upcoming Haryana Meeting elections. Amongst notable contenders, wrestler Vinesh Phogat was nominated for the Julana seat, shortly after she, together with fellow wrestler Bajrang Punia, joined the celebration.
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
Haryana Congress President Udai Bhan is about to run for the Meeting elections from the Hodal constituency. In the meantime, Congress candidate Mewa Singh will face off in opposition to Haryana Chief Minister and BJP chief Nayab Saini in Ladwa.
For the Badli seat, the Congress has nominated Kuldeep Vata, whereas Geeta Bhukkal will contest from Jhajjar (SC-reserved). Chiranjeev Rao will signify the celebration in Rewari, Aftab Ahmed in Nuh, and Neeraj Sharma in Faridabad NIT.
The Congress has fielded Jannayak Janta Social gathering (JJP) defector Ram Karan as its candidate for the Shahbad reserved constituency, together with Impartial MLA Dharam Pal Gondar for Nilokheri. Each the leaders joined the Congress lately.
The listing was launched following a gathering of the Congress’ Central Election Committee (CEC) in Delhi. The assembly included key leaders equivalent to Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, former celebration chief Sonia Gandhi, Basic Secretary for Organisational Affairs Ok C Venugopal, AICC Haryana in-charge Deepak Babaria, and Hooda, amongst different senior members.
Earlier this week, the Bharatiya Janata Social gathering (BJP) introduced its listing of 67 candidates for the upcoming Meeting elections, counting on 21 sitting legislators whereas additionally introducing over 20 recent candidates. In an effort to counteract the numerous anti-incumbency sentiment after a decade in energy in Haryana, the celebration determined to exclude no less than eight sitting MLAs.
Haryana will go to polls on October 5, with the vote counting set for October 8. Candidates should file their nominations by September 12, after which scrutiny will happen on September 13. The deadline for withdrawing nominations is September 16.
First Revealed: Sep 07 2024 | 9:30 AM IST
