Haryana BJP Second List: With just weeks remaining in the Haryana assembly polls 2024, the Bharatiya Janata Party released the second list of 21 candidates on Tuesday, fielding Pradeep Sangwan from the Baroda seat. In the earlier list, the saffron camp had announced candidates for 67 seats, taking the total number of candidates announced by it to 88.
On Julana's seat, where the Congress party has fielded Olympic wrestler Vinesh Phogat, the saffron party has fielded Captain Yogesh Bairagi. The seat, already in limelight due to Phogat's contention is set to witness a high-octane poll battle.
Two Muslim candidates have also been featured on BJP's second list. Naseem Ahmed will contest from Ferozepur Jhirka and Aizaz Khan is set to take on rival candidates in Punahana.
The party has nominated Pawan Saini, known to be close to Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini, for the Naraingarh seat, while Satpal Jamba has been selected to contest from Pundri.
Yogender Rana will be contesting from Assandh, Devender Kaushik from Ganaur, Krishna Gahlawat from Rai, Pradeep Sangwan from Baroda, and Capt. Yogesh Bairagi from Julana.
Baldev Singh Mangiana is set to contest the Dabwali seat, with Manish Grover running for Rohtak, Om Prakash Yadav for Narnaul, Krishna Kumar for Bawal (SC), Bimla Chaudhary for Pataudi (SC), Sanjay Singh for Nuh, and Naseem Ahmed for Ferozepur Jhirka.
Aizaz Khan will run from Punhana, Manoj Rawat from Hathin, Harinder Singh Ramrattan from Hodal (SC), and Dhanesh Adlakha from Badkhal.
Notably, the Haryana Vidhan Sabha elections are scheduled to take place on October 5 for 90 seats in the state assembly. The votes will be counted on October 8 with Jammu and Kashmir.
Earlier, the Aam Aadmi Party also announced a list of several candidates after its fallout with INDIA alliance partner, Congress.