Congress Releases Second List of Candidates for Haryana Assembly Elections 2024

Haryana : The Congress on Sunday unveiled its second list of candidates for the upcoming Haryana Assembly elections, featuring nine names. The party fielded Brijendra Singh, son of former Union Minister Birender Singh, in a high-profile contest against JJP leader Dushyant Chautala.

The list includes Mohit Grover from Gurugram, Kuldeep Sharma from Ganaur, Ashok Arora from Thanesar, and Paramvir Singh from Tohana, among others.

With this list, the Congress has declared a total of 41 candidates for polls to the 90-member assembly.

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 a little later, in a statement, 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. Besides Hooda, Bhan and Phogat, the Congress has also fielded Mewa Singh from Ladwa to take on Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini.

The Congress is also engaged in seat-sharing talks with the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) for the Haryana polls, with hard bargaining going on from both sides. Some Congress leaders have expressed reservations over a tie-up with the Arvind Kejriwal -led party.

The 90-member Haryana Assembly is scheduled to go to polls on October 5 and the counting of votes will be undertaken on October 8.