Prominent amongst those in the fray for State Assembly polls are Chief Minister ML Khattar from Karnal, former Chief Minister and Congress Legislative Party leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda from Garhi Sampla-Kiloi, Randeep Singh Surjewala from Kaithal, Kiran Choudhary from Tosham, Kuldeep Bishnoi from Adampur, Haryana Assembly Speaker Kanwar Pal Gurjar from Jagadhri. Besides, JJP’s Dushyant Chautala from Uchana Kalan, INLD’s Abhay Singh Chautala from Ellenabad, state BJP chief Subhash Barala from Tohana, lone woman minister Kavita Jain from Sonipat, Ministers Ram Bilas Sharma from Mahendergarh, Anil Vij from Ambala Cantt, OP Dhankar from Badli and Capt Abhimanyu from Narnaund. Three sportspersons namely Babita Phogat from Dadri, Yogeshwar Dutt from Baroda in Sonipat and Sandeep Singh from Pehowa are also in the fray besides TikTok artist Sonali Phogat from Adampur.
The prestige of families of Haryana’s famous ‘Lals’ Devi Lal, Bansi Lal and Bhajan Lal, who were former Chief Ministers — is at stake in the election.
The Late Bansi Lal’s daughter-in-law Kiran Choudharyand son Ranbir Mahendra (Badhra) are contesting as Congress candidates.
Dushyant Chautala is being seen as the real inheritor of his great grandfather and former Deputy Prime Minister Devi Lal’s political legacy.
The Chautala clan in the poll arena are Abhay Singh, Dushyant, Naina, Ranjit Singh and Aditya Devi Lal. So is his estranged uncle and Devi Lal’s grandson Abhay Singh Chautala. Sitting legislator Naina Chautala is contesting from Badhra in Bhiwani district via his son’s outfit JJP.