Thousands participate in Raith Sangh-Congress joint campaign
Mandya: Congress and Raith Sangh jointly held a massive canvasing campaign in favour of Swaraj India Party’s Melukote Assembly candidate Darshan Puttanayya in Duddu here on Friday.
The canvasing was started after performing a pooja at Chaudeshwari, Lashminarsimhaswami and Veerbhadraswami temples in village. Thousands of workers participated in the campaign.
Speeking at the occasion, Darshan Puttanayya said “my victory in this election will be the victory of farmers’ struggle. My victory is essential to save the farmers’ struggle. But it is not possible from me alone. This requires the help from all of you.”
“All the way from America, I have not come here for playing. I have a aim and huge responsibility on me. Wherever I am going, my father’s companions are giving me respect. There is a new Idia to work for the betterment of the people. I will follow my father’s path,” he assured.
Former MLA HB Ramu, Raitha Sangha’s Sundresh, block Congress President Shivalli Prakash, APMC former President CK Nagaraju, Singrigauda, Chandrashekhar, Former ZP member Pushpalata Anant, TP member Boaregauda and other were present.
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Congress names candidates for 8 Haryana LS seats, fields Kumari Selja, Deepender Hooda
Chandigarh (PTI): The Congress on Thursday announced candidates for eight of the nine Lok Sabha seats it is contesting in Haryana, fielding former Union minister Kumari Selja, Rajya Sabha MP Deepender Hooda and youth leader Divyanshu Budhiraja, besides two sitting MLAs.
The party has also fielded former MP Jai Prakash and leaders Satpal Brahmachari and Mahendra Pratap, according to the list released late Thursday evening.
The Congress is contesting nine of the 10 Lok Sabha seats in Haryana. It has not yet announced its candidate for the Gurugram constituency.
The Aam Aadmi Party, a constituent of the opposition INDIA bloc, will contest the Kurukshetra seat.
Congress general secretary and former Union minister Selja will contest from the Sirsa (reserved) seat and sitting MLAs Varun Choudhary and Rao Dan Singh from the Ambala (reserved) and the Bhiwani-Mahendragarh Lok Sabha seats, respectively.
Deepender Hooda, son of former chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, will enter the fray from Rohtak. He has represented the Rohtak parliamentary constituency three times in the past.
Jai Prakash has been fielded from Hisar, the Congress' Haryana youth wing president Divanshu Budhiraja from Karnal, Satpal Brahmachari from Sonipat and Mahendra Pratap from Faridabad.
