Congress releases second list of candidates for Haryana Assembly elections

The Congress party today released its second list of candidates for the Haryana Assembly elections. The list has names of nine candidates.

The party has fielded Brijendra Singh from Uchana Kalan and Mohit Grover from Gurugram. Other candidates include Ashok Arora (Thanesar), Kuldeep Sharma (Ganaur), Paramvir Singh (Tohana), Anirudh Chaudhary (Tosham), Balram Dangi (Meham), Manju Choudhary (Nangal Chaudhary), and Vardhan Yadav (Badshahpur).

The Congress on Friday released its first list of 32 candidates for the Haryana Assembly polls, fielding former chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda from Garhi Sampla-Kiloi, state unit chief Udai Bhan from Hodal and wrestler Vinesh Phogat from Julana.


The 90-member Haryana Assembly is scheduled to go to polls on October 5 and the counting of votes will be undertaken on October 8.

Earlier on Sunday, some Congress workers from Haryana held a protest outside the AICC headquarters in Delhi, demanding that local leaders be given preference over "outsiders". Some workers were protesting as they were upset with leaders' relatives being given tickets. Most of the protestors were from Haryana's Bawani Khera and they were carrying placards "Bahari pratyashi bardasht nahi karenge (Will not tolerate outside candidates)".