Congress
New Delhi; Leading News Service: The Congress announced the list of eight candidates from Haryana for the Lok Sabha elections late on Thursday night. There are total ten Lok Sabha constituencies in Haryana. Out of these, Congress is contesting nine seats and Aam Aadmi Party is contesting one seat through the India Alliance. BJP has already announced all its ten candidates against the Congress and Aam Aadmi Party alliance. (Lok Sabha Election)
Congress has announced candidates for all Lok Sabha constituencies except Faridabad. So, except for Faridabad Lok Sabha, as the candidates of both sides have been announced, the picture of who will be challenged by whom is now clear. (Lok Sabha Election)
The Congress has nominated Rajya Sabha MP Dipender Singh Hooda from Rohtak constituency, which is considered the stronghold of the Congress, especially the Hooda family. BJP's Arvind Sharma is standing in front of him. Congress' Divyanshu Buddhiraja is in the fray against BJP leader and former Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar. Congress general secretary and former Himachal Pradesh in-charge Kumari Selja will contest in Sirsa constituency against her old colleague Ashok Tawar, who joined the BJP a few days ago.
Candidates and constituencies announced by Congress:
1) Varun Chaudhary – Ambala
2) Kumari Selja – Sirsa
3) Jai Prakash – Hisar
4) Divyanshu Buddhiraja – Karnal
5) Satpal Brahmachari – Sonipat
6) Dipender Singh Hooda – Rohtak
7) Rao Dan Singh – Bhiwani Mahendragarh
8) Mahendra Pratap – Faridabad
