Haryana polls: AAP releases sixth list; 89 candidates to fight as alliance talks with Congress fails

The Aam Aadmi Party on Thursday released sixth list of 19 candidates for the upcoming Haryana polls after it failed to strike an alliance with INDIA bloc member Congress. With the sixth list, the party has now announced 89 candidates for 90-members assembly.

Previously on Wednesday, AAP released its fourth list of 21 candidates for the upcoming Haryana Assembly elections. AAP has so far declared 61 candidates for the 90-member assembly.




There was seat-sharing talks betwen AAP and Congress but they failed. The last date for filing nominations is September 12. Voting for the 90-member legislative assembly in Haryana will be held on October 5. Votes will be counted on October 8 along with that in Jammu and Kashmir.

The AAP released the names of 40 star campaigners for the October 5 Haryana Assembly polls on Wednesday, with Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, his Punjab counterpart Bhagwant Mann, the party's Haryana unit chief Sushil Gupta, senior leaders Raghav Chadha and Sanjay Singh figuring in the list. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is contesting the Haryana polls on its own after its eat-sharing talks with the Congress broke down.

Kejriwal's wife Sunita Kejriwal is also among the star campaigners of the party.

Kejriwal was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on June 26 from Delhi's Tihar Jail, where he was lodged in connection with a money-laundering case linked to the alleged excise policy scam registered by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).

Among the other star campaigners of the AAP for the Haryana election are Manish Sisodia, Sandeep Pathak, Gopal Rai, Satyender Jain, Atishi, Saurabh Bharadwaj and Kailash Gahlot -- all senior party leaders from Delhi.

Besides Mann, the other star campaigners from Punjab include ministers Aman Arora, Harjot Singh Bains and Chetan Singh Jouramajra and party MPs, including Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer.

Gupta heads the Haryana unit of the AAP.

The Kejriwal-led party has so far declared 70 candidates for the Haryana polls.

In the 2019 Haryana Assembly polls, the AAP had contested 46 seats but failed to win a single one.