Three former legislators from the Jannayak Janata Occasion have additionally been given tickets.
Trying to get the first-mover benefit within the Haryana Meeting polls, the BJP has launched its first listing of candidates, declaring names for 67 out of the state’s 90 constituencies. The listing contains the names of Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini, who will likely be contesting from the Ladwa constituency and former minister Anil Vij.
Mr Vij would be the BJP’s candidate from the Ambala Cantonment constituency, a seat he has gained three successive occasions since 2009.
Mr Saini, who was an MP from Kurukshetra till he changed Manohar Lal Khattar because the Haryana chief minister in March this 12 months, at present represents the Karnal Meeting seat, which he gained in a bypoll in June.
The opposite candidates embody Ambala Mayor and former Union Minister Vinod Sharma’s spouse Shakti Rani Sharma, who will likely be contesting from the Kalka meeting constituency. Ms Sharma is the mom of Manu Sharma, a convict within the Jessica Lal homicide case.
Shruti Choudhry who left the Congress and joined the BJP along with her mom – Rajya Sabha MP Kiran Choudhry – in June has been given a ticket from Tosham. Three former legislators from the Jannayak Janata Occasion, which was the BJP’s ally till this 12 months, have additionally been fielded. These are Devender Singh Babli from Tohana, Ram Kumar Gautam from Safidon and Anoop Dhanak from Uklana.
A few of the different inclusions are Deepak Hooda from Meham, who has been the captain of the Indian Kabaddi group, and Union Minister Om Prakash Dhankar.
The celebration has determined to drop some MLAs, together with some ministers, and the listing contains eight ladies.
MP Naveen Jindal’s mom, Savitri Jindal, who was extensively anticipated to get a ticket from Hisar, has not made the reduce and the celebration has determined to stay with the incumbent, Kamal Gupta, who can also be a state minister.