Chandigarh, October 2: Days after unveiling 41 out of the 90 candidates it is expected to field in the upcoming Haryana assembly elections 2019, the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) on wednesday released its second list of candidates. 27 MLA aspirants were named in this list, taking the overall tally of the names disclosed by the party to 68. BSP supremo Mayawati is expected to approve the release of the final list of candidates by Thursday. BSP to Fight Polls Alone As Party Couldn’t Reach Seat-Sharing Settlement With JJP, Says Mayawati.

The candidates named by the BSP will have to file their nominations by October 4 -- which has been earmarked as the last date of candidature filing by the Election Commission. All nominations will be subjected to scrutiny on October 7. The polls are slated to be held on October 21, with results scheduled to be out on October 24.

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Opinion polls in run-up to the upcoming assembly elections have given the edge to the incumbent BJP regime led by Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar. An ABP News-CVoter opinion poll has predicted the party to win up to 78 out of the 90 constituencies in the fray.

Notably, the BJP had formed its first-ever government in the state in 2014 after surging past the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) and the Congress. Khattar, considered a lightweight in Haryana politics vis-a-vis the then chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and former CM OM Prakash Chautala, ended up emerging at the helm of the state government.

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