Haryana assembly elections: BJP's Karnal Jagmohan Anand files nomination from Karnal

Karnal (Haryana) [India], September 12 (ANI): BJP candidate from Karnal Assembly Constituency Jagmohan Anand on Thursday filed his nomination for the upcoming Haryana Assembly elections in the presence of Union Minister Manohar Lal Khattar.

Jagmohan Anand has been fielded against Congress party's Sumita Virk from the Karnal constituency.

Union Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, who accompained Anand in filing nomination, exuded confidence in BJP's victory from the state for the third consecutive term.
"Jagmohan Anand has filed his nomination from Karnal. If the party will give me the responsibility, I'll join other candidates in their nomination filing... It's going to be an interesting contest, but I can say with utmost confidence that the BJP will form the government in Haryana for the third consecutive time. Congress has smelled its defeat which is evident as they are looking for an alliance but other parties aren't ready for it... PM Modi, Union HM Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and our CMs of different states will also come for campaigning," Khattar said.

The Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) late Wednesday released its third list of candidates for the Haryana Assembly elections.
The party has fielded Rohtash Jangra from Sirsa, Kanwar Singh Yadav from Mahendragarh and Satish Fagna from Faridabad NIT.
Earlier on September 10, the party released its second list of 21 candidates. According to the second list of the BJP, the party has fielded Captain Yogesh Bairagi against Congress candidate Vinesh Poghat from the Julana Assembly seat.

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

The list also includes the names of Sardar Baldev Singh from Dabwali, Amir Chand Mehta from Ellenabad, Manish Grover from Rohtak, Om Prakash Yadav from Narnaul, Krishna Kumar from Bawal (SC), Bimla Chaudhary from Pataudi (SC), Sanjay Singh from Nuh, Naseem Ahmad from Ferozepur Jhirka, Aizaz Khan from Punahana, Manoj Rawat from Hathin, Harinder Singh Ramrattan from Hodal (SC) and Dhanesh Adlakha from Badkhal.
Voting for the 90-member legislative assembly in Haryana will be held on October 5, and the last date for filing nominations is September 12. The counting of votes will be held on October 8.
In the 2019 assembly polls, the BJP became the single-largest party with 40 seats and Congress won 30 seats. (ANI)