CHANDIGARH: A day after it announced its first list of 31 candidates for the Haryana assembly polls , Congress faced rebellion as party functionary Rajesh Joon , whose candidature was ignored from Bahadurgarh , on Saturday quit the party and announced to fight as an independent.
The party has fielded sitting MLA Rajendra Singh Joon from the Bahadurgarh seat. Rajesh was the ticket aspirant from the Bahadurgarh assembly segment, which is in Jhajjar district. "I will fight the election as an independent," Rajesh told reporters in Bahadurgarh.
He said that he took this decision after consulting his supporters, who asked him to contest the upcoming assembly polls . Rajesh said that he would file his nomination papers on Sept 11, adding he has started his poll campaign for contesting the elections.
He said he was "cheated" as his candidature was ignored and claimed that he was "used and thrown".
Rajesh had unsuccessfully contested the Bahadurgarh Assembly segment as an independent candidate in the 2014 assembly polls. In the 2019 assembly polls, he withdrew his nomination papers in favour of Rajendra Joon.
Congress on Friday released its first list of 31 candidates for the Haryana assembly polls, fielding former chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda from Garhi Sampla-Kiloi, state unit chief Udai Bhan from Hodal and wrestler Vinesh Phogat from Julana.
Of the 28 sitting MLAs which the party has in the present assembly, Congress on Friday re-nominated 27 of them while it is yet to declare its Israna seat, from where it has a legislator.
In the 2019 Haryana assembly elections, Congress had 31 MLAs, but later on party legislator Bhavya Bishnoi joined the BJP and is now a legislator from the governing party.
Polling in Haryana will take place on Oct 5 while the counting of votes for the elections to the 90-member assembly will take place on Oct 8.
The party has fielded sitting MLA Rajendra Singh Joon from the Bahadurgarh seat. Rajesh was the ticket aspirant from the Bahadurgarh assembly segment, which is in Jhajjar district. "I will fight the election as an independent," Rajesh told reporters in Bahadurgarh.
He said that he took this decision after consulting his supporters, who asked him to contest the upcoming assembly polls . Rajesh said that he would file his nomination papers on Sept 11, adding he has started his poll campaign for contesting the elections.
He said he was "cheated" as his candidature was ignored and claimed that he was "used and thrown".
Rajesh had unsuccessfully contested the Bahadurgarh Assembly segment as an independent candidate in the 2014 assembly polls. In the 2019 assembly polls, he withdrew his nomination papers in favour of Rajendra Joon.
Congress on Friday released its first list of 31 candidates for the Haryana assembly polls, fielding former chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda from Garhi Sampla-Kiloi, state unit chief Udai Bhan from Hodal and wrestler Vinesh Phogat from Julana.
Of the 28 sitting MLAs which the party has in the present assembly, Congress on Friday re-nominated 27 of them while it is yet to declare its Israna seat, from where it has a legislator.
In the 2019 Haryana assembly elections, Congress had 31 MLAs, but later on party legislator Bhavya Bishnoi joined the BJP and is now a legislator from the governing party.
Polling in Haryana will take place on Oct 5 while the counting of votes for the elections to the 90-member assembly will take place on Oct 8.
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