JJP declares 43 more names, 85 nominees announced so far

CHANDIGARH: Jannayak Janta Party (JJP) leader Dushyant Chautala will again contest from Uchana Kalan while his mother Naina Chautala, who is MLA from Dabwali, has chosen to fight from Badhra this time.

The names of the two figured in a list of candidates the JJP announced on Thursday for the upcoming assembly polls. So far the party has fielded candidates on 85 seats.

The former MP, Hisar, Dushyant will face BJP’s sitting MLA Prem Lata, wife of former Union minister Birender Singh and mother of Hisar MP Brijendra Singh. Dushyant had lost to the sitting MLA Prem Lata in 2014 assembly election by a margin of about 7,000 votes. The Congress has fielded a fresh face Balram Katwal from Uchana Kalan and Ranbir Mahendra, son of former chief minister late Bansi Lal from Badhra, making a keen contest at the two seats named above. Ranbir had lost to BJP’s Sukhwinder in 2014 assembly elections by a margin of about 5,000 votes.

Gurpal Singh Majra will contest from Ambala Cantt, Harpal Singh Kamboj (Ambala city), Amarnath Baggar (Mullana reserved), former MLA Arjun Singh (Jagadhari), Shailesh Tyagi (Yamunanagar), Santosh Dahiya (Ladwa), former MLA Ishwar Palaka (Shahbad), Yogesh Sharma (Thanesar), Tej Bahadur Yadav (Karnal), Dayanand Urlana (Israna reserved), Bharampal Rawal (Samalkha), Randhir Malik (Ganaur), Ajit Antil (Rai), Pawan Kharkhoda (Kharkhoda), Bhupender Malik (Baroda), Dayanand Kundu (Safidon), Manju Bazigar (Ratia), Nirmal Singh (Kalanwali reserved), Kuldeep Kariwala (Rania), OP Sihag (Ellenabad), Rahul Makkar (Hansi), Alka Arya (Loharu), Hargian Mokhra (Meham), Rajender Valmiki (Kalanaur reserved) Malkhan Singh (Rewari), Satbir Tanwar (Hodal reserved), Islamuddin (Badkhal), Suresh Verma (Ballabhgarh), Pardeep Choudhary (Tigaon), Ajay Gautam (Panchkula), Brij Sharma (Asandh), Jogi Ram Sihag (Barwala) and Shashi Bala Tewatia from Prithla.

Later, the party also named Jai Dev Naultha from Panipat city, Devender Singh Babli from Tohana, Virender Siwach from Fatehabad, Sarabjit Singh Masita from Dabwali, Ramesh Godara Jakhod from Adampur, Ram Singh Vaid from Bawani Khera, Rohtash Khatana from Sohna and Iqbal Zaildar from Punahana.

DUSHYANT CHAUTALA TO CONTEST FROM UCHANA KALAN, HIS MOTHER NAINA FROM BADHRA SEGMENT