Wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt will contest from Baroda, former captain of India hockey team Sandeep Singh from Pehowa and former wrestler Babita Phogat from Dadri, the Bharatiya Janata Party announces on Monday, releasing its first list of candidates for next month’s assembly election in Haryana.
Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar will contest from Karnal, the seat he won for the first time in the last assembly election.
The BJP’s central election committee met last evening to decided candidates for the Haryana assembly election. The BJP released list of candidates for 78 out of 90 assembly seats that will vote.
Haryana BJP chief Subhash Barala will contest from Tohana.
