Bishnoi misses bus in Hisar as Azad declares Tanwar candidate from Sirsa

HISAR: Even as Kuldeep Bishnoi avoided boarding the ‘unity bus’ of the Congress in his hometown, party’s state affairs in charge Ghulam Nabi Azad said that state president Ashok Tanwar would be the party nominee in Sirsa. Azad also said that six-seven candidates would be same as in the 2014 parliamentary polls.


During the ‘Parivartan Yatra’ of the Congress in the state, Azad was interacting with mediapersons in the bus, which reached Hisar on Wednesday night and visited Fatehabad and Sirsa, Jind and Kaithal on Thursday. “In Sirsa we already have our state president Ashok Tanwar,” he said when asked about the party nominee. Tanwar had fought from Sirsa last time but lost.

Former chief minister Bhupinder Hooda’s son Deepender was the only Congress candidate. Only Rohtak seat is with the party out of the total 10 in Haryana. “Six-seven of our candidates will be same as the last time,” Azad added.

During the bus journey, Hooda, Tanwar, Rajya Sabha member Kumari Selja, former minister Savitri Jindal, former MP Naveen Jindal, former minister Sampat Singh were present.

‘Kuldip will participate in RaGa rally’

Not surprisingly, Kuldeep Bishnoi stayed away even as the bus passed through Hisar, the constituency from where he had contested the last parliamentary election but lost. He has been seeking Congress ticket from Hisar for his son Bhavya Bishnoi. Kuldeep has not only missed the meetings of the Congress election coordination committee but the first two days of the ‘bus yatra’.

What’s more, his wife and Hansi MLA

Renuka Bishnoi

also stayed away in Hansi. Hooda supporter Harpal Boora, who seeking the Congress ticket from Hansi assembly segment, welcomed the Yatra in Hansi. No event was held by the Bishnoi family in

Adampur

area, from where Kuldeep is an MLA.

Later in the day, Kuldeep’s spokesperson issued a statement saying that he would attend the Jagadhari rally to be addressed by Congress president Rahul Gandhi.

Congress will win nine out of 10 seats: Hooda

Former chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda told reporters that he was confident that the party would nine out of 10 seats in the state. However, he refused the name the one seat that according to him the party could fail to win. On the question Haryana Congress chief Ashok Tanwar’s claim on the CM, Hooda said that he would be contesting the Lok Sabha election first. He added that the Congress was united.

ASAT missile is an achievement of scientists: Azad

On the successful trial of anti-satellites (ASAT) missile, Haryana in charge of Congress Ghulam Nabi Azad said that BJP did not do any work for it, scientists did. “Scientists belong to the country. The programme was founded by Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru and for all missiles being built, the foundation was laid during the Congress rule,” he added.

At the time of Indira Gandhi, Rakesh Sharma had landed on the moon, but it did not mean that he was from the Congress. The sun and moon did not shine and move due to BJP, this propaganda should be stopped and incumbent party should contest elections on real issues, he added.