Lok Sabha elections: Five BJP candidates file nominations

CHANDIGARH: The BJP candidates from Gurgaon. Faridabad, Ambala, Sirsa and Sonipat on Friday filed their nominations. Accompanied by various state and Union ministers, the candidates, including four outgoing MPs filed the papers.


CM Manohar Lal Khattar accompanied Ratan Lal Kataria, who is seeking re-election from the Ambala parliamentary constituency. Health minister Anil Vij, assembly speaker Kanwar Pal Gujjar, Ambala city MLA Aseem Goyal also accompanied Kataria.

While addressing the public meeting in Ambala, Khattar accused the regional parties of misleading masses in the name of alliance.

He also flayed the Congress for the bickering within the party, saying they had failed to declare candidates for the four parliamentary constituencies.

“So far as alliances are concerned, only those parties resort to do who have lost their political base. Hence we are not affected with this. We too are waiting for the declaration of candidates by the Congress, so that election becomes more interesting,” said Khattar.

“We are not in alliance with SAD but they have extended unconditional support to us,” Khattar replied when questioned about BJP’s association with SAD in Haryana.

Union minister Rao Inderjit Singh filed his papers before the returning officer in Gurgaon. He was accompanied by local MLAs and Rajya Sabha member Anil Kumar Jain. While addressing the public, Inderjit said that he deserved the votes from public for his contribution towards the constituency.

He reiterated that BJP would form the government and Narendera Modi will be the next PM of India.

Union minister Krishan Pal Gujjar also filed his nomination papers in Faridabad in a simpler way. Haryana industries minister Vipul Goel and other MLAs from Faridabad were present with Gujjar.

In Sonipat, urban local bodies minister Kavita Jain and other senior leader and party MLAs accompanied Ramesh Chander Kaushik to the office of returning officer. Kaushik filed his nomination papers in the first half of the day.

State education minister Ram Bilas Sharma, BJP state president Subhash Barala were present when Sunita Duggal, a IRS officer-turned-politician filed her nomination papers from Sirsa parliamentary constituency. They hinted at her becoming a Union minister if elected.