New Delhi, September 4 (IANS). BJP has released its first list of 67 candidates for the Haryana assembly elections. This time the party has fielded Chief Minister Naib Singh Saini from Ladwa assembly seat instead of Karnal.
In its first list of Haryana candidates, the BJP has fielded many former MPs as well as leaders who left the Jannayak Janata Party (JJP) and joined the party. The party has also taken care of many of its veteran leaders in ticket distribution.
After Chief Minister Saini, Shakti Rani Sharma is second in the list of BJP candidates, who has been made a candidate from Kalka assembly seat. Shakti Rani Sharma is the mayor of Ambala and mother of independent Rajya Sabha MP Kartikeya Sharma, who recently joined the BJP. Both of them met party president JP Nadda at the BJP headquarters just hours before the list of candidates was released.
In the first list of BJP candidates, former MP Sunita Duggal has been declared the candidate from Ratia assembly seat, former MP Arvind Sharma from Gohana, former minister Captain Abhimanyu from Narnaund, Om Prakash Dhankhar from Badli, Kumari Aarti Singh Rao from Ateli, Rao Narbir Singh from Badshahpur, Kuldeep Bishnoi’s son Bhavya Bishnoi from Adampur, former jail officer Sunil Sangwan, who recently joined the BJP, from Dadri and Sanjay Kablana from Beri, Shruti Chaudhary from Tosham and Devendra Singh Babli from Tohana.
The BJP has announced a total of 67 candidates in its first list, including party veteran Anil Vij from Ambala Cantt, Aseem Goyal from Ambala City, Kanwarpal Gurjar from Jagadhri, Krishan Lal Panwar from Israna, Krishan Lal Middha from Jind, Devendra Atri from Uchana Kala, Devendra Singh Babli from Tohana, Vinod Bhayana from Hansi, JP Dalal from Loharu, Deepak Hooda from Meham, Renu Dabla from Kalanaur, Kaptan Birdhana from Jhajjar, Mukesh Sharma from Gurgaon, Tejpal Tanwar from Sohna, Gaurav Gautam from Palwal and Rajesh Nagar from Tigaon.
–IANS
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