New Delhi, October 4: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday released its list of star campaigners for the upcoming assembly elections in Haryana. Top names to feature in the list include Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister and party chief Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari and BJP working president Jagat Prakash Nadda. Rahul Gandhi to Gear Up Congress Campaign For Maharashtra, Haryana Assembly Elections 2019 From October 10-19.
A total of 40 names have been included in the BJP's list of star campaigners. Apart from the party tob brass, firebrand leaders - Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Muzaffarpur MP Sanjeev Balyan - have also been included.
The BJP will also rely on celebrity attraction, as actor-lawmakers Hema Malini and Sunny Deol have also been named in the list of star campaigners.
Check Full List of BJP Star Campaigners in Haryana Assembly Elections 2019
PM Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP Working President JP Nadda, Union Ministers Rajnath Singh,Nitin Gadkari among the star campaigners for BJP #HaryanaAssemblyPolls pic.twitter.com/PFU4YRhMaZ
— ANI (@ANI) October 4, 2019
The assembly polls in Haryana are slated to be held in a single-phase across all the 90 constituencies on October 21. The results would be declared on October 24.
Ahead of the elections, the ruling BJP has been given the edge by pollsters. The party is predicted to win up to 78 out of the 90 constituencies, as per a recent ABP News-CVoter opinion poll. Manohar Lal Khattar would continue as the Chief Minister if the BJP returns to power.
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