Congress releases names of 90 candidates for Haryana Assembly election - See full list here

Delhi: The Congress has released its full list of 90 candidates for the upcoming Haryana Assembly election, scheduled to take place on October 21. 

The first list, which had 84 names, was released on Wednesday and on Thursday, the party revealed the names of the remaining six candidates for the 90-member Haryana Assembly.

Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Randeep Singh Surjewala and Kuldeep Bishnoi were the prominent candidates who have were named in the first list. Bishan Lal Saini, Mewa Singh and Bhupender Ganguar's names came out in the second list. 

Hooda will contest from Garhi Sampla-Kiloi, Surjewala from Kaithal and Bishnoi from Adampur and his brother Chandra Mohan from Panchkula.

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The party has fielded Tarlochan Singh against Haryana Chief Minister Manohar lal Khattar from Karnal.

Besides them, Kiran Chaudhary will be fighting the election from Tosham, Pradeep Choudhary from Kalka, Dillu Ram from Guhla, Krishan Hooda from Baroda, Anshul Singla from Jind, Hoshiyari Lal Sharma from Sirsa, Om Prakash Panghal from Hansi, Ram Niwas Rada from Hisar and Lakhan Kumar Singla from Faridabad among others.

Ashok Arora and JP Singh, who recently left INLD and joined Congress, have also got the tickets. 

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Ahead of the polls, reports of widening rift within the Haryana Congress are doing the rounds after former Haryana Congress Chief Ashok Tanwar alleged of tickets being sold out. 

Tanwar has been denied the ticket from Sohna, from where Congress has nominated  Shamsuddin. 

Addressing Congress workers outside party president Sonia Gandhi in New Delhi, Tanwar said, "I have worked hard for years. The people who joined the party 15 days ago are being given tickets by the party."

Tanwar further alleged that the ticket for Sohna assembly seat was "sold for Rs 5 crore."