Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Monday released its first list of 20 candidates for the Haryana Assembly elections 2024. Arvind Kejriwal’s party announced its candidate at a time when, both, AAP and Congress hinted that they were engaged in serious seat-sharing talks for. Haryana polls, in a continuation of the alliance as a part of INDIA bloc for the Lok Sabha elections 2024.
Interestingly, AAP fielded 11 candidates out of 20 where Congress already announced its nominees, that means Kejriwal’s party pitted its candidates against Congress in 11 constituencies –
- Uchana Kalan
- Meham
- Badshahpur
- Narayangarh
- Samalkha
- Dabwali
- Rohtak
- Bahadurgarh
- Badli
- Berries
- in the district.
Earlier in the day, stepping up pressure on the Congress for an alliance in the upcoming Haryana Assembly polls, the AAP’s state unit chief Sushil Gupta said on Monday that his party will release the names of candidates from all the 90 seats if the deal is not Finalized by the evening.
The last date for filing nominations for the Haryana election is September 12. Polling is scheduled to be held on October 5.
The talks between the Congress and AAP have been stuck over the number of seats to be contested by the latter, with the Kejriwal-led party demanding 10 seats and the Congress offering five, sources in the AAP said.
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