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. Votes will be counted on October 8 along with that in Jammu and Kashmir.
As the deadline for filing nominations for the Haryana Assembly polls nears, BJP leaders from the state, Sunil Rao and Satish Yadav on Tuesday joined the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).
After Aam Aadmi Party released their first list of candidates for Haryana Assembly polls, suggesting a breakdown in alliance talks with Congress, Bhartiya Janata Party leader Om Prakash Dhankar said that they would've lost even after the alliance.
In a sharp critique aimed at both the Congress party and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Union Minister Giriraj Singh accused the Congress of being the "Gangotri" of corruption, while labelling AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal as the current "mastermind" of the corrupt practices.
The seat-sharing talks between Congress and Aam Aadmi Party for Haryana assembly polls broke down on Monday with the ruling party in Delhi coming out with its first list of 20 candidates
"We know that this festival of democracy comes every 5 years. Nominations for Haryana Vidhan Sabha have begun. We have presented our first list of candidates. Whatever I have seen on the occasion of nominations, I can say that the Bharatiya Janata Party government is coming to power in Harya
The Election Commission of India (ECI) has given directions for postponing the meeting of selection committee to appoint Chairperson, Member (Judicial) and Member (Non-Judicial) of Haryana State Human Rights Commission till the completion of Assembly election in the state.
With just three days left for filing the nominations, the party has announced candidates for some prominent seats in the state, like Bhiwani, Rohtak, Bahadurgarh, and Ballabhgarh.