Haryana Assembly Elections: AAP releases first list of 20 candidates amid alliance talks

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Monday released its first list of 20 candidates for the upcoming Haryana Assembly Elections amid alliance talks with Congress.

The party led by Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal had been stepping up pressure on the Congress for an alliance in the polls. Earlier today, AAP's state unit chief, Sushil Gupta, had said that his party will release the names of candidates from all the 90 seats if the deal is not finalised by the evening.

The last date for filing nominations for the Haryana election is September 12. Polling is scheduled to be held on October 5.



Here are the names of candidates announced by the Aam Aadmi Party:
Name- Assembly Constituency
Gurpal Singh-Naraingarh
Anurag Dhandha- Kalayat
Narender Sharma- Pundri
Jaipal Sharma- Gharaunda
Amandeep Jundla- Assandh
Bittu Pahalwan- Samalkha
Pawan Fauji- Uchana Kalan
Kuldeep Gadrana- Dabwali
Happy Rania- Rania
Indu Sharma- Bhiwani
Vikas Nehra- Meham
Bijender Hooda- Rohtak
Kuldeep Chikara- Bahadurgarh
Ranbir Guliya- Badli
Sonu Ahlawat Sheria- Beri
Manish Yadav- Mahendragarh
Ravinder Matru- Narnaul
Bir Singh Sarpanch- Badshahpur
Dharamender Khatana- Sohna
Ravinder Faujdar- Ballabgarh

Alliance talks with Congress

The talks between the Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) have been stuck over the number of seats to be contested by the latter, with the Arvind Kejriwal-led party demanding 10 seats and the Congress offering five, reported PTI, citing AAP sources.

"We will release the list of candidates for the 90 seats by the evening," he said when asked about the Congress's reply to the AAP regarding an alliance.

Gupta said the AAP has been waiting for a response from the grand old party but nothing has come so far.

Senior AAP leader Sanjay Singh had said that the party leaders, including Gupta and general secretary (organisation) Sandeep Pathak, have already said that the process of candidate finalisation has been completed and as soon as an approval comes from Kejriwal, the national convenor of the party, it will contest the election.