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Even as it has always attacked the Congress and various regional parties for indulging in dynastic politics, the BJP’s first list of 67 candidates for the Haryana Assembly elections has several faces belonging to various political families.
As per its list released Wednesday, the BJP has given tickets to at least eight dynasts, mostly with roots in the Congress.
Shakti Rani Sharma, the wife of former Congress leader Venod Sharma and mother of Rajya Sabha MP Kartikeya Sharma, has been fielded from the Kalka seat.
Similarly, Manmohan Bhadana, the son of former MLA Kartar Singh Bhadana, has been fielded from the Samalkha seat. The senior Badhana was instrumental in the formation of the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) government in the state in 1999, when his breakaway group of MLAs from the Haryana Vikas Party supported Devi Lal’s son Om Prakash Chautala, who went on to become the chief minister. In 2012, Kartar Singh won an Uttar Pradesh Assembly bypoll from Khatauli on the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) ticket. He joined the BJP recently.
Aarti Rao, the daughter of Union minister Rao Inderjit Singh, has bagged the BJP ticket from Ateli. Senior leader Rao Inderjit Singh had also quit the Congress to join the BJP a decade ago.
Another leader on the list is Shruti Choudhry, the daughter of veteran politician Kiran Choudhry, who left the Congress to join the BJP in June 2024. Shruti has been fielded by the BJP from Tosham.
Similarly, Bhavya Bishnoi, son of Kuldeep Bishnoi, has been fielded from Adampur.
The son of former Haryana CM Bhajan Lal, Kuldeep Bishnoi founded the Haryana Janhit Party after being ousted from the Congress in 2007. He later allied with the BJP between 2011 and 2014, and then merged his party with the Congress in 2016. In 2022, he joined the BJP.
Krishan Middha, the son of former INLD MLA Harichand Middha, has again been fielded from Jind. He also won Jind in 2019, the first time the BJP managed to clinch the seat.
Sunil Sangwan, a former jailer under whose tenure Dera Sacha Sauda chief Ram Rahim got parole several times, has been fielded from Charkhi Dadri. He is the son of former MP Satpal Sangwan who quit the Congress to join the BJP last Friday.
Another dynast to be fielded by the BJP is Rao Narbir Singh who has been given a ticket from the Badshahpur seat. He is the son of former Haryana minister Rao Mahavir Singh Yadav and grandson of late Punjab MLC Mohar Singh Yadav.
