Former Indian kabaddi captain Deepak Hooda is contesting the Haryana Assembly polls from the Meham constituency as a BJP candidate. Hooda, who joined the BJP six months ago, is confident of winning against Congress' Balram Dangi and independent MLA Balraj Kundu.

Former Haryana Chief Minister and Union Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has extended an invitation to Congress leader Kumari Selja to join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The invitation comes amid speculation over her absence from the Congress's campaign for the upcoming Haryana Assembly election.

Ex-Haryana CM and BJP leader Manohar Lal Khattar said that the possibility of Congress MP Kumari Selja and Randeep Singh Surjewala joining the BJP cannot be ruled out. Read further on Dynamite News:

Nobody will be able to prevent lotus (BJP's poll symbol) from blooming in Meham,' said Hooda as he exuded confidence that his party will taste its first electoral victory from this constituency.

Former Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said that the election manifesto released by the BJP is merely a 'copy & paste' of their previous promises

In Jhajjar’s Ladayan village, an agitated mob of women and children caught hold of BJP candidate Kaptan Birdhana, took him to the middle of a potholed road, and made him stand in muddy water.