AAP Announces First List of Candidates for Haryana Assembly Elections Amid Congress Alliance Talks

The Aam Aadmi Party has unveiled its first list of 20 candidates for the upcoming 90-member Haryana assembly elections, scheduled for October 5. With only three days remaining to file nominations, prominent seats like Bhiwani, Rohtak, and Bahadurgarh have been addressed.

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Monday unveiled its initial list of 20 candidates for the 90-member Haryana assembly elections scheduled for October 5. This announcement comes amid ongoing alliance discussions with Congress, underlining the urgency as the deadline for filing nominations looms. Notable constituencies such as Bhiwani, Rohtak, Bahadurgarh, and Ballabhgarh are among those covered in this first list.

The party has a few days left to file nominations, with September 12 marking the final day. In the first batch of candidates, Gurpal Singh will run from Naraingarh, Anurag Dhandha from Kalayat, Narender Sharma from Pundri, and Jaipal Sharma from Gharaunda. Other notable candidates include Amandeep Jundla from Assandh, Bittu Pahalwan from Samalkha, Pawan Fauji from Uchana Kalan, Kuldeep Gadrana from Dabwali, and Happy Raina from the Rania seat.

From Bhiwani, Indu Sharma has been named, while Bijender Hooda will contest from Rohtak, Kuldeep Chikara from Bahadurgarh, Manish Yadav from Mahendragarh, Dharmendra Khatana from Sohna, and Ravinder Faujdar from Ballabhgarh. AAP Haryana President Sushil Gupta indicated that a full list of 90 candidates would be released if no alliance is confirmed. Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh reaffirmed that candidate selection for all legislative assembly seats is complete, pending final approval from the party or national president Arvind Kejriwal. The vote counting is set for October 8.

(With inputs from agencies.)