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List of key fights shaping Haryana’s assembly polls

Published by Parlour News

Battle lines are drawn in Haryana for the upcoming assembly elections. With nominations closed on September 12th, all major political parties have finalized their candidates. Voting for Haryana’s 90-member legislative assembly will take place on October 5, and the results will be counted on October 8, alongside those from Jammu and Kashmir. Let’s dive into the key electoral battles shaping Haryana’s assembly elections. 1. Julana- Vinesh Phogal vs Yogesh Bairagi vs Kavita Dalal Wrestler Vinesh Phogat addresses the media after joining Congress at AICC headquarters, in New Delhi (PTI) First up is the Julana seat in the Jind area, where the contest is set to be electrifying. The Congress has fielded Vinesh Phogat, a wrestler-turned-politician who joined the party just hours before the nominations closed on September 6. Vinesh, hailing from Balali in Charkhi Dadri, has strong ties to Julana through her in-laws’ hometown, Bakhta Khera. Her main rival is BJP’s Captain Yogesh Bairagi, a former commercial pilot and current vice president of Haryana’s BJP youth wing, Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM). The AAP has …

Vinesh Phogat to battle a wrester at the Haryana polls

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Wrestler-turned-politician Vinesh Phogat filed her nomination papers as a Congress candidate from Julana in Jind district for the Haryana Assembly polls on Wednesday. And as if in response, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has fielded a wrestler of their own, albeit of a different kind, to take on Vinesh Phogat from that very constituency. AAP released their fourth list of candidates on Wednesday and of the 21 list of names, one name stood out, that of Kavita Dalal, a former entertainment wrestler. Who is Kavita Dalal? Aged 37, Dalal is a former weightlifter who later transitioned to the world of entertainment wrestling. As a weightlifter, she had represented India at the 2016 South Asian Games, winning gold in the 75kg freestyle category. Originally from the Jind district, Kavita had made up her mind to quit weightlifting after the birth of her first child in 2010. It was only after her husband insisted that she continued training and the gold medal at the South Asian Games was an outcome of that effort. Thereafter, Dalal began training …