AAP Releases 5th List Of 11 Candidates For Haryana Assembly Elections

Chandigarh: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Wednesday released its fifth list of 11 candidates for the upcoming Haryana Assembly elections. So far the AAP has announced a total of 72 candidates out of 90 seats for the assembly polls. 

The party has named Bheem Singh Rathi as its candidate from the Radaur Assembly seat, Amar Singh from Nilokheri, Amit Kumar from Israna, Rajesh Saroha from Rai, Manjeet Farmana from Kharkhauda, Pravin Guskhani from Garhi Sampla-Kiloi, Naresh Bagri from Kalanaur, Mahender Dahiya from Jhajjar, Suneel Rao from Ateli, Satish Yadav from Rewari and Col Rajendra Rawat from Hathin. 

Earlier today, AAP Haryana chief Sushil Gupta sid that his party will contest all 90 seats. He said if elected, a strong government of Arvind Kejriwal would be giving free electricity, water, and world-class education and Rs 3,000 per month for youth and Rs 1,000 per month for women.

In its last list, the AAP released a list of 21 candidates, fielding Kavita Dalal from Julana against the Congress 's Vinesh Phogat and BJP 's Yogesh Bairagi. The party has fielded Raj Kaur Gill from the Ambala Cantonment seat and Sunil Bindal from Karnal. Nishant Anand will contest the polls from Gurugram.

The AAP's first list was released on Monday as its seat-sharing talks with the Congress broke down. The Congress and the AAP contested the Lok Sabha polls together in Delhi and Haryana . The Congress had given one seat - Kurukshetra - to the AAP in the general election in Haryana, which it had contested unsuccessfully.