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PM Modi, Amit Shah among BJP’s 40 star campaigners for Haryana elections – Times of India
CHANDIGARH: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP president JP Nadda, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath are among the party’s 40 star campaigners for the Haryana Assembly polls. Union Ministers Nitin Gadkari, ML Khattar, Arjun Ram Meghwal, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Dharmendra Pradhan, Ravneet Singh Bittu, Rao Inderjit Singh and Krishan Pal Gurjar are also in the list.
Other star activists include the party’s Chief Minister in Haryana Nayab Singh Saini, Bhajan Lal Sharma from Rajasthan, Pushkar Singh Dhami from Uttarakhand and Himanta Biswa Sarma from Assam.
BJP leaders including Piyush Goyal, Hardeep Singh Puri, Sudha Yadav, Vasundhara Raje Scindia, Smriti Irani, Anurag Thakur, Diya Kumari, Hema Malini, Kiran Choudhry, Naveen Jindal, Kuldeep Bishnoi and Babita Phogat are also among the BJP’s star campaigners.
The elections for the 90 seats in the Haryana state assembly will be held on October 5. The results will be counted on October 8.
The ruling BJP is aiming for a hat-trick in the state assembly elections but faces stiff competition from the resurgent Congress, which is looking to capitalise on the anti-incumbency factor.
Other star activists include the party’s Chief Minister in Haryana Nayab Singh Saini, Bhajan Lal Sharma from Rajasthan, Pushkar Singh Dhami from Uttarakhand and Himanta Biswa Sarma from Assam.
BJP leaders including Piyush Goyal, Hardeep Singh Puri, Sudha Yadav, Vasundhara Raje Scindia, Smriti Irani, Anurag Thakur, Diya Kumari, Hema Malini, Kiran Choudhry, Naveen Jindal, Kuldeep Bishnoi and Babita Phogat are also among the BJP’s star campaigners.
The elections for the 90 seats in the Haryana state assembly will be held on October 5. The results will be counted on October 8.
The ruling BJP is aiming for a hat-trick in the state assembly elections but faces stiff competition from the resurgent Congress, which is looking to capitalise on the anti-incumbency factor.