Haryana BJP short-lists LS poll candidates, central leadership to take call

The BJP has short-listed the probable candidates in Haryana for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls at a meeting of its state election committee on Thursday.

The short-listed names would be sent to the central leadership, leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said while exuding confidence that the performance of the 2019 general election will be repeated again and the "lotus will bloom on all 10 seats" in the state.

Sources said in addition to the incumbent MPs, party leaders Kuldeep Bishnoi, Abhimanyu, Yogeshwar Dutt, Ashok Tanwar, late Rattan Lal Kataria's wife Banto Kataria, O P Dhankar and Vipul Goel are among the contenders for the Lok Sabha seats in Haryana.

The BJP won all the 10 parliamentary seats in Haryana in 2019.

The Ambala Lok Sabha seat is currently vacant due to the death of MP Rattan Lal Kataria last year.