Lok Sabha Elections 2024: The Congress get together on Thursday introduced eight candidates for Haryana for the Lok Sabha polls. The get together fielded sitting MP Deepender Singh Hooda from Rohtak. The different seven candidates embody Varun Choudhary from Ambala-SC, Kumari Selja from Sirsa-SC, Jai Prakash from Hisar, Divyanshu Budhiraja from Karnal, Satpal Brahmachari from Sonipat, Rao Dan Singh from Bhiwani-Mahendragarh and Mahendra Pratap from Faridabad.
Congress confronted criticism over delay in candidates’ announcement
The names of candidates got here as over the previous a number of days, Congress’ rivals have focused it over alleged delay within the announcement of candidates, saying it was working away from the competition. Speaking to reporters in Karnal lately, Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini had mentioned the opposition get together is holding conferences after conferences however is unable to agency up candidates in Haryana for the Lok Sabha polls. Some different leaders of the Congress’ rival events have claimed there’s infighting within the get together’s state unit which is delaying the announcement of candidates.
Bhupinder Singh Hooda takes dig at BJP
Meanwhile, former Haryana Chief Minister and Leader of Opposition, Bhupinder Singh Hooda, took a swipe on the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) slogan of crossing the 400 mark within the Lok Sabha elections and mentioned that the ruling get together shall be “wiped” out within the South and “halved” within the North. “BJP will be wiped out in the South and will be halved in the North,” he informed information company ANI.
Lok Sabha Elections in Haryana
In Haryana, voting for all 10 parliamentary seats shall be held in a single section, scheduled for the sixth section on May 25. In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections within the state, the BJP swept the state, capturing all 10 seats. In the 2014 elections, the BJP gained 7 seats, whereas the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) gained 2 seats and the Congress secured just one seat. The first section of polling for the 18th Lok Sabha elections was held on Friday. The polling was held in 108 parliamentary constituencies unfold over 21 states and Union Territories. The subsequent spherical of voting shall be held on April 26. The counting of votes and outcomes shall be declared on June 4.
