Haryana polls: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) released its third list of 11 candidates for the Haryana assembly elections late Tuesday, following an earlier announcement of nine candidates in its second list.
Notably, Haryana AAP President Sushil Gupta was missing from both the second and third candidate lists released by the party. So far, AAP has announced candidates for 40 out of the 90 seats in the Haryana Assembly.
In their latest list, AAP has put forward Pravin Guskhani to challenge former Haryana Chief Minister and Congress stalwart Bhupinder Singh Hooda in the Garhi Sampla-Kiloi constituency. Other candidates include Bheem Singh Rathi for Radaur, Amar Singh for Nilokheri, Amit Kumar for Israna, Mahender Dahiya for Jhajjar, Satish Yadav for Rewari, and Col (Retd) Rajendra Rawat for Hathin.
Earlier on Monday, AAP released its first list of 20 candidates following a breakdown in seat-sharing talks with the Congress. Key names from this list include Anurag Dhandha from Kalayat, Vikas Nehra from Meham, Bijender Hooda from Rohtak, and Dharamendar Khatana from Sohna.
The deadline to file nomination papers is September 12, with the election for the 90-member assembly set for October 5.
Previously, the Congress and AAP worked together in the Delhi Lok Sabha elections but ran separately in Punjab. In the 2019 Haryana elections, AAP contested 46 seats but did not win any.
