Congress names 40 more candidates, Surjewala’s son gets Kaithal ticket – Times of India

CHANDIGARH: The Congress waited till Wednesday midnight to release a list of 40 candidates for the Haryana assembly elections, ostensibly to minimise the chances of those who missed the bus filing their own nominations before Thursday’s deadline. The party also has just a few hours to decide who will be given the remaining nine seats.
The Congress released its first list of 31 candidates last week, followed by another name hours later. Then came another list of nine nominees. These were mainly the so-called easy seats where the threat of rebellion was minimal and where there were also less strong claimants. All 28 sitting MLAs made it through.
With this postponement, the party hopes to minimize the uprising of disappointed party members.
The new faces nominated by Congress include RS MP Randeep Singh Surjewalason Aditya Surjewala from Kaithal, son of Hisar MP Jai Prakash Vikas Saharan from KalayatAmbala MP Varun Chaudhary’s wife Pooja Chaudhary from Mulana (reserved) and former Haryana CM Bansi Lal’s son-in-law Sombir Singh Sheoran has been fielded from Badhra.
Pardeep Narwal, new to Haryana politics but active in Delhi circles, has been fielded from Bawani Khera (reserved).
Examination of the list revealed that most of Bhupinder Singh Hooda’s supporters have been given a ticket by the party.