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Congress leader and Rajya Sabha MP Deepender Singh Hooda visited Jhajjar in Haryana as part of the 'Ghar-Ghar Congress' campaign ahead of the Lok Sabha elections on Thursday.
The people of the area warmly welcomed him as he visited shops and met with the residents of the main in city to seek support for his party. Launching a scathing attack on the BJP, Deepender Hooda told ANI, "Haryana has fallen off the track of development in 10 years. No development work has been carried out in the area. Now, the people of Haryana have a chance to bring new development to the state by voting in the elections." When asked about Randeep Hooda's candidature in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, the Congress leader said, "BJP has not been able to decide candidatures and even ticket takers in BJP do not know whose ticket it is." On March 2, the Bharatiya Janata Party released its first list of 195 candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will contest the Lok Sabha elections from Varanasi again. Of 195 candidates, 34 are ministers from the Centre and States while two are former Chief Ministers who are in the list.Home Minister Amit Shah will contest from Gandhinagar while Mansukh Mandaviya will contest from Porbandar. Union Minister Rajeev Chandrashekhar will contest from Kerala's Thiruvananthapuram. Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal will contest from Dibrugarh, Kiren Rijiju from Arunachal Pradesh. Former External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj's daughter Bansuri Swaraj has been fielded from New Delhi. Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will contest from Lucknow, and Smriti Irani will again contest from Amethi. (ANI)
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