Haryana polls: AAP releases second list of candidates amid no progress in alliance talks with Congress

As deadlock continued over seat-sharing talks, Aam Aadmi Party on Tuesday released second list of candidates for upcoming Haryana polls set for October 5.

In its second list, the AAP has announced the candidates for Indri, Sadhaura, Thanesar, Ratia, Adampur, Barwala, Tigaon, Faridabad and Bawal constituencies.

Hawa Singh has been fielded from Indri and Pravesh Mehta from Faridabad.


Previously, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) released its first list of 20 candidates on Monday amid the deadlock over seat-sharing with the Congress in poll-bound Haryana.

Earlier, the party had given an ultimatum to the Congress to either finalise the alliance by Monday evening or AAP would release its list. The party has fielded senior vice-president of AAP's state unit Anurag Dhandha from Kalayat, Pawan Fauji from Uchana Kala, Indu Sharma from Bhivani, and Bijendra Hooda from Rohtak.

Sources told ET that AAP had staked claim to 10 seats but Congress was offering only three. With the Congress unwilling to budge, AAP had earlier hardened its stance. AAP's state unit chief Sushil Gupta had said that his party would release the names of candidates from all the 90 seats if the deal is not finalised by evening. The last date for filing nominations for the Haryana election is September 12. Polling is scheduled for October 5.

The Congress and the AAP fought the Lok Sabha polls together in Delhi while they had contested separately in Punjab.

In the LS general election, the Congress had given one seat to the AAP in Haryana, which it had contested unsuccessfully.

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