Haryana Polls: Congress Releases 2nd List Of 9 Nominees; Ex-CM Bansi Lal’s Grandkids To Clash In Tosham; Check Full List Here

Haryana Assembly Elections 2024: The Congress on Sunday released a list of nine more candidates for the Haryana Assembly polls, fielding Brijendra Singh from Uchana Kalan, and Mohit Grover from Gurugram.

With this, the Congress has declared a total of forty one candidates for polls to the 90-member assembly.

Along with Brijendra Singh and Grover, the Congress fielded Anirudh Chaudhary from Tosham, Ashok Arora from Thanesar, Kuldeep Sharma from Ganaur, Paramvir Singh from Tohana, Balram Dangi from Meham, Manju Choudhary from Nangal Chaudhary and Vardhan Yadav from Badshahpur.

The Tosham Assembly seat is all set to witness a clash between two grandchildren of former Haryana chief minister late Bansi Lal.

Cricket administrator-turned-flesh presser Anirudh Chaudhary is the grandson of Bansi Lal and can cross swords along with his cousin and former MP Shruti Choudhry — the BJP candidate.

Shruti Choudhry is the daughter of BJP leader Kiran Choudhry and Bansi Lal’s son late Surender Singh while Anirudh Chaudhary is the son of Ranbir Singh Mahendra. Mahendra and Surender Singh were brothers.

Brijendra Singh is the son of former Union Minister Birender Singh and is able to take on former Deputy Chief Minister and sitting JJP MLA Dushyant Chautala from Uchana Kalan in Jind district.

Brijendra Singh is a former MP.

Among other prominent faces within the party’s 2d list, Paramvir Singh is a former minister, Dangi is the son of senior party leader Anand Singh Dangi, and Sharma is a former Assembly Speaker.

The Congress on Friday declared 32 candidates for the polls, fielding former chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda from Garhi Sampla-Kiloi, state unit chief Udai Bhan from Hodal and wrestler Vinesh Phogat from Julana.

The party had first released a list of 31 candidates and slightly later, in an announcement, said the CEC had approved the candidature of Balbir Singh from the Israna (reserved for the Scheduled Castes) constituency.

Singh is the incumbent MLA from Israna.

The grand old party has renominated all its 28 MLAs. Along with Hooda, Bhan and Phogat, the Congress has also fielded Mewa Singh from Ladwa to take on Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini.

The Congress is likewise engaged in seat-sharing talks with the Aam Aadmi Birthday celebration (AAP) for the Haryana polls, with demanding bargaining occurring from either side.

Some Congress leaders have expressed reservations over a tie-up with the Arvind Kejriwal-led party.

Assembly elections in Haryana will be held on October 5 and the counting of votes will be undertaken on October eight.

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