New Delhi, Sep 6 (IANS) The first list of Congress candidates for the Haryana assembly elections includes the names of 31 people, including senior party leader and former chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Olympian wrestler Vinesh Phogat, who joined the party on Friday, party state chief Uday Bhan and former minister Geeta Bhukkal.
While Hooda will contest from Garhi Sampla-Kiloi in Rohtak district, Phogat will contest from Julana in Jind district.
Uday Bhan will contest from Hodal (SC) and Bhukkal from her Jhajjar (SC) seat.
Other candidates include senior MLA Rao Dan Singh from Mahendragarh, Meva Singh from Ladwa, from where the BJP has fielded Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini, Mamman Khan from Ferozepur Jhirka, Rajinder Singh Joon from Bahadurgarh, Surinder Panwar from Sonipat.
A few days after meeting senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, Vinesh Phogat, along with wrestler Bajrang Punia, formally joined the Congress on Friday. Phogat has got the party ticket, while Punia has been appointed as the working president of the Kisan Congress.
Elections in Haryana are to be held on October 5 and counting of votes will take place on October 8.
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