Haryana BJP election committee has appointed Agriculture Minister OP Dhankar and national secretary Sudha Yadav as supervisors to decide the party’s candidate for Jind bypolls.
The election will be held on January 28.
The BJP state election committee which met on Thursday under Chief Minister Manohar Lal in New Delhi decided to appoint OP Dhankar and Sudha Yadav as supervisors who will visit Jind and meet the party workers to take feedback on shortlisted candidates.
The duo will then submit their report to the party election committee for finalization of the candidate.
On the other hand, the Indian National Lok Dal has decided to announce its candidate on January 9. Congress will also soon meet to decide over its candidate.
The newly-formed Jannayak Janta party, which is breakaway faction of INLD will also contest the bypolls while Aam Aadmi party has announced not to contest it.
A two-time INLD MLA from Jind, Hari Chand Midha had died in August 2018 leading to bypoll in the Assembly constituency.
As per the EC schedule, the last date of nominations is January 10 and scrutiny of nominations will be held on January 11.