CHANDIGARH: Former Haryana chief minister and chief of opposition Bhupinder Singh Hooda has outmaneuvered different state leaders in making Congress choose 72 of his loyalists as candidates for the Oct 5 election to the 90-member meeting.
His rival Sirsa MP Kumari Selja, alternatively, may handle simply 9 tickets for her backers, failing to even persuade the get together to appoint her shut aide Dr Ajay Chaudhary from Narnaund in Hisar district regardless of declaring him because the candidate from the seat on Sep 11.Equally, she was reportedly in search of a ticket for somebody in her household from Uklana in Hisar.
Hypothesis has been rife that Selja, who has been staking declare over the publish of chief minister, would contest from Uklana by getting the seat vacated from her loyalist or member of the family if she is chosen because the CM after the meeting elections.
Nonetheless, Naresh Selwal of Hooda camp has managed to get the ticket from Uklana. Seats on which Selja managed to safe her candidates are Kalka, Panchkula, Sadhaura, Naraingarh, Jagadhari, Ambala Cantt, Fatehabad, Assandh and Hisar.
When requested about how the CM could be chosen if one faction acquired extra tickets, Selja mentioned that the excessive command would take the decision. Amongst different leaders, Randeep Surjewala may get tickets solely on two seats – Kaithal (for his son) and Narwana (reserved).
Equally, Captain Ajay Yadav, the pinnacle of Congress’s OBC cell, acquired a ticket for his son and sitting MLA Chiranjeev Rao from Rewari. One seat has been left for CPI (M) and remaining 5 candidates have been fielded on suggestions of get together excessive command, together with Pardeep Narwal from Bawani Khera and Parag Sharma from Ballabhgarh.
Household politics prevails
Each BJP and Congress have fielded relations and members of political households. Relations of three sitting Lok Sabha MPs of Congress are contesting the polls.
They’re Hisar MP Jai Prakash’s son Vikas Saharan from Kaithal, Ambala MP Varun Chaudhary’s spouse Pooja Chaudhary from Mulana (reserved) and Rohtak MP Deepender Singh Hooda’s father Bhupinder Singh Hooda from Kiloi-Garh Sampla.
One other Haryana chief and Rajya Sabha MP from Rajasthan, Randeep Singh Surjewala, additionally managed to get a ticket for his son Aditya Surjewala from Kaithal.
Former CM Bansi Lal’s grandson Anirudh Chaudhary has been fielded from Tosham and son-in-law Somvir Sangwan from Badhra. Senior Congress chief and former Meham MLA Anand Singh Dangi’s son Balram Dangi from Meham, former minister Captain Ajay Yadav’s son Chiranjeev Rao, who can also be son-in-law of former Bihar CM Lalu Prasad Yadav, from Rewari, former CM Bhajan Lal’s son Chander Mohan from Panchkula and former Union minister Birender Singh’s son Brijendra from Uchana in Jind.
The get together has fielded former minister and speaker H S Chatha’s son Mandeep Singh Chatha from Pehowa, former minister Mange Ram Gupta’s son Mahabir Gupta from Jind, former state dwelling minister L D Arora’s grandson Gokul Setia from Sirsa, ex-Hansi MLA Amir Chand Makkar’s grandson Rahul Makkar from Hansi.
