The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has announced Kiran Choudhary as its candidate for the upcoming Rajya Sabha by-election in Haryana scheduled for September 3. According to the information, the party’s legislative meeting has formally approved her nomination for the Rajya Sabha seat. Currently, Dushyant Chautala represents Rohtak as a Member of Parliament in Lok Sabha, creating a vacancy in the Upper House from Haryana, which is now set to be filled through the upcoming election.
In a BJP legislative meeting held in Chandigarh, the legislators were informed about Choudhary’s candidacy for the Rajya Sabha seat. The legislators expressed their support for her nomination. Choudhary is scheduled to file her nomination papers on Wednesday.
Congress decides not to field candidate
Kiran Choudhary, who was elected as a Congress MLA from Tosham in Bhivani in 2019, is the daughter-in-law of former Haryana Chief Minister Bansi Lal. Choudhary, who resigned from the primary membership of Congress, criticised the party for being run like a personal fiefdom, a comment directed towards former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Hooda. The deadline for filing nominations for the Rajya Sabha by-election is August 21. The Congress has decided not to field a candidate for this election. In the 90-member House, Congress does not hold a majority, and a candidate needs the support of 44 legislators to win the Rajya Sabha seat.
Who is Kiran Choudhary?
Kiran Choudhary has been active in Haryana's political arena since the death of her husband. She has won elections from the Tosham Assembly seat four times. Born in Uttar Pradesh, Choudhary is the daughter of Brigadier Atma Singh Ahlawat, who hails from Gochi village in Jhajjar district, Haryana. In April 2021, Choudhary lost both of her parents to COVID-19 on the same day—first her father, followed by her mother. She began her political career as an MLA in 2005 from Tosham, Bhivani, and has been serving from this constituency ever since. Choudhary's dissatisfaction with the Congress party heightened when her daughter, Shruti, was denied a ticket for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Subsequently, she severed ties with Congress and joined the BJP in June this year.
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