Haryana Assembly polls: Yogesh Bairagi to challenge Congress' Vinesh Phogat as BJP releases second list of 21 candidates

THE JHARKHAND STORY DESK

New Delhi, September 10: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) announced its second list of 21 candidates on Tuesday for the upcoming Haryana assembly elections, which are scheduled to take place on October 5.

This brings the total to 88 candidates announced by the party for the 90-member assembly, with Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini running from the Ladwa constituency, after the initial list of 67 candidates was revealed on September 4.

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The BJP’s second list features Captain Yogesh Bairagi as the candidate to challenge Congress’s Vinesh Poghat in the Julana Assembly constituency.

The party has selected Pawan Saini to contest from Naraingarh seat, Jai Bhagwan Sharma from Pehowa, Satpal Jamba from Pundri, Yogendra Rana from Assandh, Devender Kaushik from Ganaur, Krishna Gahlawat from Rai, Pradeep Sangwan from Baroda, Captain Yogesh Bairagi from Julana, and Krishna Kumar Bedi from Narwana (SC) seat.

The candidates named also include Sardar Baldev Singh for Dabwali seat, Amir Chand Mehta for Ellenabad, Manish Grover for Rohtak, Om Prakash Yadav for Narnaul, Krishna Kumar for Bawal (SC), Bimla Chaudhary for Pataudi (SC), Sanjay Singh for Nuh, Naseem Ahmad for Ferozepur Jhirka, Aizaz Khan for Punahana, Manoj Rawat for Hathin, Harinder Singh Ramrattan for Hodal (SC), and Dhanesh Adlakha for Badkhal seat.