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Ahead of Haryana polls, CM Khattar says Party will keep in mind the interest of upset leaders

In the first list of BJP featuring 78 candidates, two ministers Vipul Goel and Rao Narbir Singh were among seven MLAs who had been denied tickets.

Karnal: In upcoming assembly polls, BJP leaders denied tickets in the state of Haryana, the current Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Tuesday assured them that the party will keep their interests in mind once the elections are over.

“I expect any party leader who even though did not get a BJP ticket considers the party like his mother. our party would ensure their ‘maan-samman’ (honor). After elections, their ‘maan-samman’ will be kept in the party and the state government,” said Khattar while talking to media before filing his nomination papers.

The first list of BJP 78 candidates, two ministers Vipul Goel and Rao Narbir Singh were among seven MLAs who had been denied tickets.

Vipul Goel was sitting MLA from Faridabad and Rao Narbir Singh represented Badshahpur constituency in the Gurgaon district. Besides, Deputy Speaker of assembly Santosh Yadav, who represented Ateli constituency in Mahendergarh district, too was denied party ticket to re-contest from the seat.

BJP has been replaced Goel to Narinder Gupta, Manish Yadav comes in for Rao Narbir Singh and Sita Ram Yadav has replaced Santosh Yadav. However, among the ministers who have been re-nominated include Captain Abhimanyu, Ram Bilas Sharma, Anil Vij, Krishan Kumar Bedi, Karan Dev Kamboj, Kavita Jain, and OP Dhankar.

Current CM Khattar, who has been re-nominated from Karnal and the BJP has announced candidates for 78 seats and the nominees for the remaining 12 seats will be announced very soon. Asking a question on three Olympians given nominations by the BJP, Khattar said these three are top-class players in their respective fields.

“Our party has fielded them in these assembly elections and they will win the polls with a huge margin,” Khattar said. Making their electoral debut, wrestler Babita Phogat, former Indian hockey captain Sandeep Singh and Olympic medallist Yogeshwar Dutt all of whom joined the party in recent weeks will contest from Dadri, Pehowa, and Baroda respectively.

In the 2014 assembly polls, the BJP had won 47 seats and after its win in the Jind bypolls earlier this year, the party’s strength rose to 48. The BJP has set a target of winning 75 plus seats this time. ​

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