Haryana Polls: Several Rebel BJP, Congress Leaders Withdraw Nominations

After the last date of withdrawal of nominations on Monday, as many as 1,031 candidates were left in the fray from 90 assembly seats in the state.

Some of the BJP and Congress leaders who had entered the election fray in Haryana after being denied a ticket by their parties on Monday withdrew their nominations for the October 5 polls.

After the last date of withdrawal of nominations on Monday, as many as 1,031 candidates were left in the fray from 90 assembly seats in the state.

While over 1,559 candidates had filed nominations, after scrutiny 1,221 nominations were found valid, and of these, 190 candidates withdrew their nominations, leaving 1,031 in the race.