On Monday, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) announced its first list of 20 candidates for the Haryana assembly elections, as discussions for a pre-poll alliance with Congress remains stalled. Among the candidates, AAP has nominated its Haryana unit vice president, Anurag Dhanda, from Kalayat and Indu Sharma from Bhiwani. Vikas Nehra will contest from Meham, while Bijender Hooda is the candidate from Rohtak. The deadline for filing nominations for the 90-member assembly is September 12.
Here’s the full list of AAP candidates:
- Naraingarh: Gurpal Singh
- Kalayat: Anurag Dhanda
- Pundri: Narender Sharma
- Gharaunda: Jaipal Sharma
- Assandh: Amandeep Jundla
- Samalkha: Bittu Pahalwan
- Uchana Kalan: Pawan Fauji
- Dabwali: Kuldeep Gadrana
- Rania: Happy Rania
- Bhiwani: Indu Sharma
- Meham: Vikas Nehra
- Rohtak: Bijender Hooda
- Bahadurgarh: Kuldeep Chikara
- Badli: Ranbir Guliya
- Beri: Sonu Ahlawat Sheria
- Mahendragarh: Manish Yadav
- Narnaul: Ravinder Matru
- Badshahpur: Bir Singh Sarpanch
- Sohna: Dharmender Khatana
- Ballabgarh: Ravinder Faujdar
The Congress and AAP had been in talks for a pre-poll alliance in Haryana, the home state of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. However, the discussions reached a deadlock over the number of seats, with AAP demanding 10 and Congress offering five, according to a PTI report. Earlier, AAP’s Haryana chief Sushil Gupta stated that the party would announce candidates for all 90 seats if the alliance wasn’t finalized by the end of the day. AAP’s Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha, leading the negotiations, emphasized a decision would be made before September 12. If a mutually beneficial agreement is not reached, the talks may end without a deal. Senior AAP leaders, including Sanjay Singh, have expressed that the party is fully prepared for the elections and has completed its candidate selection process. Voting for the 90-seat Haryana legislative assembly will take place on October 5, with the counting of votes scheduled for October 8.
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