Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi, if sources are to be believed, is keen on having an alliance between Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) for the upcoming Haryana Assembly elections. According to society, Rahul Gandhi, sought the opinions of Haryana Congress leaders over the possibility of an alliance with AAP during the party's Central Election Committee (CEC) meeting held on Monday.
The Election Commission deferred the Haryana assembly poll date to October 5 from October 1, saying the decision was taken keeping in mind a centuries-old festival of the Bishnoi community. Haryana goes to polls on October 5 and Congress is seeking to wrest power from the BJP.
The Congress' Central Election Committee met here on Monday and finalised the names of 34 candidates for the assembly polls in Haryana. AICC's Haryana in-charge Depak Babaria said some names had been sent to the review committee and a call would be taken on those by the panel, which includes the Congress' Haryana unit chief and the legislature party leader. Babaria said the criteria for candidature was based on winnability of leaders whose names came up in surveys and who had not lost elections more than two times. Sources said former chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda's name was also on the list approved on Monday.
Earlier this year, Delhi Chief Minister and AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal said that his party would contest the Haryana Assembly polls in all 90 seats on its own strength.
