Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday released its first candidates list for Haryana polls. State Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini will contest from the Ladwa constituency, while senior party leader Anil Vij from the Ambala Cantt seat. The BJP changed the constituency of the chief minister Saini as he currently represents the Karnal Assembly seat, which he won in a bypoll in June this year.  The former Haryana Home Minister Vij retained a ticket from his seat – the Ambala Cantonment, a seat he registered victory three successive times since 2009.

The prominent names the list carries are – Kanwar Pal Gurjar from Jagadhri, Sunita Duggal from Ratia (SC), Captain Abhimanyu from Narnaund, Bhavya Bishnoi from Adampur, Shruti Choudhry from Tosham and Om Prakash Dhankar from Badli.

Union Minister and former Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar said, “A list of 67 candidates has been issued today. CM Nayab Singh Saini will contest from Ladwa. Seats have been allocated to almost all senior candidates. I think nominations will begin tomorrow and will continue till 12th September. The remaining seats will be cleared too and the list will be released in a few days.”