CHANDIGARH: Congress waited until midnight Wednesday to declare a list of 40 candidates for the Haryana polls, seemingly to minimise the chances of those who missed the bus filing nominations on their own before the Thursday deadline. The party, too, has only hours to decide who to give the remaining 9 seats to.
Congress issued its first list of 31 candidates last week, followed by another name hours later.Then came another list of nine nominees. These were mostly the so-called easy seats where the threat of rebellion was minimal, and also where strong claimants were fewer. All 28 sitting MLAs made the cut.
With this delay, the party is hoping that it will be able to minimise rebellion from disappointed party members.
The new faces nominated by Congress include RS MP Randeep Singh Surjewala‘s son Aditya Surjewala from Kaithal, Hisar MP Jai Prakash‘s son Vikas Saharan from Kalayat, Ambala MP Varun Chaudhary’s wife Pooja Chaudhary from Mulana (reserved) and former Haryana CM Bansi Lal’s son-in-law Sombir Singh Sheoran has been fielded from Badhra.
Pardeep Narwal, who is new to Haryana’s politics but active in Delhi circles, has been fielded from Bawani Khera (reserved).
An examination of the list revealed that most of the Bhupinder Singh Hooda loyalists have been given tickets by the party.
Congress issued its first list of 31 candidates last week, followed by another name hours later.Then came another list of nine nominees. These were mostly the so-called easy seats where the threat of rebellion was minimal, and also where strong claimants were fewer. All 28 sitting MLAs made the cut.
With this delay, the party is hoping that it will be able to minimise rebellion from disappointed party members.
The new faces nominated by Congress include RS MP Randeep Singh Surjewala‘s son Aditya Surjewala from Kaithal, Hisar MP Jai Prakash‘s son Vikas Saharan from Kalayat, Ambala MP Varun Chaudhary’s wife Pooja Chaudhary from Mulana (reserved) and former Haryana CM Bansi Lal’s son-in-law Sombir Singh Sheoran has been fielded from Badhra.
Pardeep Narwal, who is new to Haryana’s politics but active in Delhi circles, has been fielded from Bawani Khera (reserved).
An examination of the list revealed that most of the Bhupinder Singh Hooda loyalists have been given tickets by the party.