New Delhi, Sep 9 (IANS) Congress on Sunday released its second list of nine candidates for the upcoming Haryana assembly elections. This includes the name of Anirudh Chaudhary from Tosham constituency. The BJP has fielded Shruti Chaudhary, who left the Congress, from here.
The list released by Congress general secretary KC Venugopal also includes the names of Ashok Arora from Thanesar, Kuldeep Sharma from Ganaur, Brijendra Singh from Uchana Kalan, Paramvir Singh from Tohana, Balram Dangi from Meham, Manju Chaudhary from Nangal Choudhary, Vardhan Yadav from Badshahpur and Mohit Grover from Gurugram (Gurgaon).
Mohit Grover contested the 2019 Haryana Assembly elections as an independent candidate from Gurgaon seat, but he had to face defeat. He lost the election to Sudhir Singla of the BJP.
On June 19, Kiran Choudhary, a four-time MLA from Tosham assembly constituency, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) along with her daughter Shruti Choudhary, a former Bhiwani-Mahendragarh Lok Sabha MP. The development was a major setback for the Congress and its poll preparations for the Haryana assembly elections.
With the new list released on Sunday, the Congress has so far announced the names of 41 candidates for the 90-member Assembly. On September 6, the Congress had released its first list of 32 candidates.
It has fielded former chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda from Garhi Sampla-Kiloi, state unit chief Choudhary Udaybhan from Hodal and wrestler Vinesh Phogat from Julana.
Voting for the 90-member Haryana Assembly is scheduled to be held on October 5. The last date for nomination is September 12, while scrutiny of nomination papers will be done on September 13. The last date for withdrawal of nominations is September 16. Counting of votes will take place on October 8.
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