3 quit Lok Sabha poll race, only 24 to contest in Gurugram

GURUGRAM: Sukhvinder, an independent candidate, withdrew his nomination for the Haryana Lok Sabha elections on Friday, the last day for the withdrawal of candidature. After his withdrawal, only 24

candidates

— including seven independent contenders — are left in the race for the Gurugram Lok Sabha seat, which goes to polls on May 12.


In all, 34 candidates had filed their

nominations

, of which seven were rejected on Wednesday during the scrutiny. On the same day, two independent candidates withdrew their papers.

Political heavyweights in the city, who are contesting polls, are Rao Inderjit Singh (BJP), Captain Ajay Singh Yadav (Congress), Virendra Rana (INLD), Mehmood Khan (JJP-AAP), Rais Ahmad (BSP-LSP), Pawan Kumar (Shiv Sena) among others.

After the closure of the window for withdrawing nominations on Friday, deputy commissioner Amit Khatri issued election

symbols

to Independent candidates. Meanwhile, sitting MP and BJP’s candidate Rao Inderjit Singh addressed public meetings in Manesar and Pataudi district on Friday. Seeking his re-election, Singh claimed that the country is still witnessing strong Modi wave, and that the party is all set to come to power again.