Haryana assembly elections: September 12 is the deadline for submitting nominations for the 90-member assembly.
In the midst of stagnant pre-election alliance negotiations with Congress, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) unveiled its initial list of 20 candidates for the Haryana assembly elections on Monday.
Anurag Dhanda from Kalayat and Indu Sharma from Bhiwani, the vice presidents of the party’s Haryana unit, have been nominated. Bijender Hooda is from Rohtak, and Vikas Nehra is from Meham.
September 12 is the deadline for submitting nominations for the ninety-member assembly.
This is the entire list of AAP candidates:
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- NARAINGARH GURPAL SINGH
- KALAYAT ANURAG DHANDHA
- 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
No headway in Cong-AAP alliance talks
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal of Delhi had been holding talks for a pre-election alliance with the Aam Aadmi Party and the Congress in Haryana.
The discussion stalled over how many seats the AAP would run for. According to a PTI report, the Congress is offering five seats, while the AAP is demanding ten.
Sushil Gupta, the head of the AAP’s state unit, had earlier in the day threatened to make public the names of all 90 candidates should the agreement not be finalized by the evening.
Leading the negotiations on the party’s behalf was AAP’s Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha, who stated, “We will make a decision well before (September) 12, the deadline for nomination filing. We will withdraw if a win-win scenario cannot be achieved. There are ongoing discussions that are going well. I’m hoping it will have a happy ending.”
Senior AAP leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh made the following statement on Monday: “We are fully prepared and have finished the process of selecting candidates for all seats. Sandeep Pathak has already given a statement on this issue. Sushil Gupta has also clarified the stand. They will declare the list and hold the elections as soon as they have authorization from the national president, Arvind Kejriwal, or the party. The AAP is a nationwide party with a robust organization in Haryana.
On October 5, Haryana’s 90-member legislative assembly will be chosen through voting. On October 8, there will be a vote count.
