HARYANA: CONG ANNOUNCES 6 LOK SABHA CANDIDATES

CHANDIGARH: The Congress on Saturday announced its first list of six candidates for the Lok Sabha polls in Haryana which includes sitting MP Deepender Hooda and Rajya Sabha member Kumari Selja.

Former chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda’s son Deepinder Singh, who is sitting MP, has been renominated from Rohtak.

State Congress chief Ashok Tanwar will contest from the Sirsa (Reserved) seat. CLP leader Kiran Choudhary’s daughter Shruti has been named from the Bhiwani-Mahendragarh seat. She contested unsuccessfully from this seat in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls.

The Congress has reposed faith in Rajya Sabha MP Kumari Selja and nominated her from the Ambala (Reserved) seat, sixtime MLA Capt Ajay Singh Yadav will contest from Gurgaon and Lalit Nagar will contest from the Faridabad seat, according to the list. The Congress is yet to announce candidates for Karnal, Sonipat, Hisar and Kurukshetra seats.

CHANDIGARH: The Congress on Saturday declared the names of six candidates for the ensuing Lok Sabha polls in Haryana. The names of the remaining four candidates are likely to be declared in a day or two.

While sitting Rajya Sabha member Kumari Selja will contest from Ambala (reserved), the party’s state chief, Ashok Tanwar has been fielded from Sirsa (reserved). Selja faces BJP’s sitting MP Rattan Lal Kataria in Ambala while Tanwar will fight against BJP’s Sunita Duggal.

Sitting MP from Rohtak, Deepender Singh Hooda has again been fielded from the same seat, while former MP Shruti Choudhary would be contesting from the Bhiwani-Mahendergarh seat. She faces BJP’s sitting MP Dharambir Singh. The BJP is yet to name its candidate from Rohtak.

Senior party leader Capt Ajay Yadav has been named as the candidate from Gurugram while Lalit Nagar has been fielded from Faridabad. Yadav faces BJP sitting MP Rao Inderjit in Gurugram while Nagar has BJP sitting MP Krishan Pal Gurjar as his rival in Faridabad.