Ambala (Haryana) [India]: Haryana Minister and BJP candidate from Ambala City Assembly seat, Aseem Goel, on Thursday expressed confidence in the party’s victory in the upcoming assembly elections in the state and said that the BJP will win in Haryana and Ambala City for the third time with a majority and create a “nayab” state under the leadership of Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini.
Speaking to ANI, Aseem Goel said, “The party has shown its trust in every worker of Ambala City Vidhan Sabha who considers the flower of lotus (BJP) as their everything. I am thankful to the party for showing its trust in me for the third time. This trust is not only in me but in all those who have built the party. our agenda is development.”
“BJP will win in Haryana and Ambala City for the third time with a majority. We will create a ‘nayab’ state under the leadership of Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini,” said Goel.
“The Congress has always been anti-development because they think that if there will be development, then all of their agendas will be over,” added Goel.
Meanwhile, the BJP released its list of candidates for Haryana, Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini will contest from the Ladwa constituency and former state home minister Anil Vij from Ambala Cantt. Other prominent leaders included in the first list are Gian Chand Gupta, Kanwar Pal Gurjar, Sunita Duggal, Bhavya Bishnoi, and Tejpal Tanwar. Gian Chand Gupta will contest from Panchkula, Kanwar Pal Gurjar from Jagadhri, Sunita Duggal from Ratia, Bhavya Bishnoi from Adampur, and Tejpal Tanwar from Sohna.
On Tuesday, a key meeting was held to discuss the candidates at former Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar’s residence in Delhi. The meeting was attended by BJP Haryana Election in-charge Dharmendra Pradhan, election co-in-charge Biplab Dev, state in-charge Satish Punia, and state co-in-charge Surender Nagar, among others.
On September 2, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP national president JP Nadda, BJP Haryana election in-charge Dharmendra Pradhan, election co-in-charge Biplab Dev, state in-charge Satish Punia, state co-in-charge Surender Nagar, and Union Minister Manohar Lal Khattar met and held talks regarding the candidates.
Voting for the 90-member legislative assembly in Haryana will be held on October 5, with the last date for filing nominations being September 12. The counting of votes will take place on October 8.
On August 31, the Election Commission of India (ECI) revised the polling date for the Haryana Assembly elections from October 1 to October 5 and moved the counting of votes for both the Jammu and Kashmir and Haryana assemblies from October 4 to October 8.