BJP announces 21 names in second list
Tuesday saw the release of the BJP’s second list of candidates for the Haryana Assembly elections, with 21 names being announced.
In Julana, Captain Yogesh Bairagi was chosen by the BJP to compete against famous wrestler Vinesh Phogat, resulting in a highly anticipated election showdown.
As per his Facebook profile, Captain Yogesh Bairagi is the State Vice President of the BJP’s youth wing and the Co-Convenor of the party’s Haryana Sports Cell.
Party has fielded Pawan Saini from Naraingarh constituency
The party has selected Pawan Saini, known to be close to Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini, to run for the Naraingarh constituency, while Satpal Jamba has been chosen to contest from Pundri.
Yogender Rana has been selected as the candidate for Assandh, with Devender Kaushik chosen for Ganaur, replacing sitting BJP MLA Nirmal Rani. Krishna Gehlawat has taken over as the state president of BJP, replacing Mohan Lal Badoli, the current MLA from Rai.
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Sanjay Singh from Nuh constituency
Baldev Singh Mangiana will contest for the Dabwali seat, Manish Grover has been selected for Rohtak, Om Prakash Yadav for Narnaul, Krishna Kumar for Bawal (SC), Bimla Chaudhary for Pataudi (SC), Sanjay Singh for Nuh and Naseem Ahmed for Ferozepur Jhirka seat.
Aizaz Khan has been fielded from Punhana, Manoj Rawat from Hathin, and Harinder Singh Ramrattan from Hodal (SC).
Seema Trikha, the MLA from Badhkal, has been dropped, and Dhanesh Adhlakha will contest from the seat.
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Om Prakash Yadav has been retained as BJP candidate
In Hathin, Manoj Rawat has taken over from Pravin Dagar, with Harinder Singh Ramrattan replacing Jagdish Nayar from Hodal.
Yet, Om Prakash Yadav from Narnaul has been chosen to remain as the BJP candidate.
