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Haryana Assembly Elections: Vinesh Phogat Fielded From Julana, Journalist From Rania | Congress List So Far

Vinesh Phogat -- along with fellow wrestler Bajrang Punia -- joined the grand old party on September 6 amid the buzz over them contesting the elections.

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The Congress party has so far released names of 48 candidates for the upcoming Haryana Assembly elections, fielding wrestler Vinesh Phogat from Julana and a journalist from the Rania seat

Vinesh Phogat -- along with fellow wrestler Bajrang Punia -- joined the grand old party on September 6 amid the buzz over them contesting the elections. "When we were being dragged on the road, all parties except BJP were with us. I feel proud that I have joined a party which stands with women and is ready to fight from 'sadak to sansad," Phogat had said while thanking the Congress.

Notably, she resigned from the Railways hours before joining the party.

In the list announced on September 12. Congress fielded journalist Sarva Mitra Kamboj, who recently joined the Congress in the presence of former chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and the party's state unit chief Udai Bhan, from the Rania seat in Sirsa district.

Additionally, the grand old party has fielded former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda from the Garhi Sampla-Kiloi assembly constituency, while Congress' state unit chief Udai Bhan will contest the polls from Hodal (SC).

Haryana is set to go to polls on October 5, with the counting of votes scheduled to take place on October 8.

In the 2019 elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party had emerged as the single largest party, forming an alliance with the Jannayak Janta Party and seven Independent MLAs.

List Of Congress Candidates Announced So Far

  1. Israna (SC) - Balbir Singh

  2. Kalka - Pradeep Chaudhary

  3. Naraingarh - Shalley Chaudhary

  4. Sadhaura (SC) - Renu Bala

  5. Radaur - Bishan Lal Saini

  6. Ladwa - Mewa Singh

  7. Shahbad (SC) - Ram Karan

  8. Nilokheri (SC) - Dharm Pal Gondar

  9. Assandh - S Shamsher Singh Gogi

  10. Samalkha - Dharam Singh Chhoker

  11. Kharkhauda (SC) - Jaiveer Singh

  12. Sonipat - Surender Panwar

  13. Gohana - Jagbir Singh Malik

  14. Baroda - Induraj Singh Narwal

  15. Julana - Vinesh Phogat

  16. Safidon - Subhash Gangoli

  17. Kalanwali (SC) - Shishpal Singh

  18. Dabwali - Amit Sihag

  19. Garhi Sampla-Kiloi - Bhupinder Singh Hooda

  20. Rohtak - Bharat Bhushan Batra

  21. Kalanaur (SC) - Shakuntla Khatak

  22. Bahadurgarh - Rajinder Singh Joon

  23. Badli - Kuldeep Vats

  24. Jhajjar (SC) - Geeta Bhukkal

  25. Beri - Raghuvir Singh Kadian

  26. Mahendragarh - Rao Dan Singh

  27. Rewari - Chiranjeev Rao

  28. Nuh - Aftab Ahmed

  29. Ferozepur Jhirka - Mamman Khan

  30. Punahana - Mohd. Ilyas

  31. Hodal (SC) - Udai Bhan

  32. Faridabad NIT - Neeraj Sharma

  33. Thanesar - Ashok Arora

  34. Ganaur - Kuldeep Sharma

  35. Uchana Kalan - Brijendra Singh

  36. Tohana- Paramvir Singh

  37. Tosham - Anirudh Chaudhary

  38. Meham - Balram Dangi

  39. Nangal Chaudhary - Manju Choudhary

  40. Badshahpur - Vardhan Yadav

  41. Gurugram - Mohit Grover

  42. Uklana (SC) - Naresh Selwal

  43. Narnaund - Jasbir Singh (Jessi Petwar)

  44. Ambala Cantt - Parimal Pari

  45. Panipat Rural - Sachin Kundu

  46. Narwana (SC) - Satbir Dublain

  47. Rania - Sarva Mitra Kamboj

  48. Tigaon - Rohit Nagar

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