Haryana Assembly polls: Congress names 7 more candidates, fields journalist from Rania

Congress releases fourth and fifth lists for Haryana Assembly polls, finalizing candidates on 88 of 90 seats.

The Congress on Thursday (September 12, 2024) released two fresh lists of a total of seven candidates for the Haryana Assembly polls, fielding former MLA Naresh Selwal from the Uklana reserve seat and a journalist, who recently joined the party, from Rania.

With the fourth and fifth lists, the party has declared candidates on 88 of the 90 seats. Thursday is the last day of filing of nominations.

The fourth list came a few hours after the Congress declared its third list of 40 candidates on Wednesday night, fielding party MP Randeep Surjewala's son Aditya Surjewala from Kaithal.

The party fielded Parimal Pari from Ambala Cantt, its youth leader Sachin Kundu from Panipat Rural, Satbir Dublain from the Narwana (SC) seat and Rohit Nagar from Tigaon.

Journalist Sarva Mitra Kamboj, who recently joined the Congress in the presence of former Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and the party's State unit chief Udai Bhan, has been fielded from the Rania seat in Sirsa district.

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Energy and Jails Minister Ranjit Chautala, who recently quit the BJP after being denied a ticket from Rania, represented the seat when he was an Independent MLA. He had quit the membership of the Assembly before joining the BJP ahead of the Lok Sabha polls to contest from Hisar, in which he was unsuccessful.