The Congress is yet to declare candidates in Gurgaon, Sohna, Badshahpur and Pataudi assembly constituencies which has left ticket aspirants in a limbo.
In the 2019 Assembly polls, the Congress candidate was defeated in Gurgaon while at the Badshahpur seat, the BJP was upstaged by independent candidate Rakesh Daultabad. However, Daultabad unfortunately passed away in May this year due to a heart attack. Thus, his wife Kumudani Rakesh Daultabad is now in the fray.
Whether she will contest the elections as an independent candidate or on behalf of any political party is yet to be cleared. However, sources said she is camping in the national capital to ensure a Congress ticket.
Interestingly, both prominent parties in Gurugram — the Congress and the BJP — are on the same page in terms of allotting the tickets.
The saffron party, however, declared three tickets — Gurgaon, Sonha, and Badshahpur — and put Pataudi assembly ticket on hold; while the Congress party is yet to declare all four assembly constituencies candidates.
The BJP has fielded former minister Rao Narbir Singh from Badshahpur constituency, Mahesh Sharma from Gurgaon, and former MLA Tejpal Tanwar from Sohna assembly constituency.
“BJP has done several development works here in Sohna-Tauru constituency. Voters of this constituency are happy with the party works and will surely cast their franchise in the BJP's favour. If I was successful in ensuring my victory the constituency's voters will see more development in the region,” Tejpal Tanwar, BJP candidate from Sohna-Tauru assembly constituency told The Pioneer.
Meanwhile, the local leaders of the Congress party said that the announcement of all four assembly constituencies will be declared anytime. The voters of all four constituencies here in Gurugram have already faced a huge mess during BJP ruling. The basic infrastructures like roads, electricity, school and health are in pathetic state.
The BJP in the past 10 years failed to provide better health facilities and making bus stand. The Congress party this time will ensure huge victory not in Gurugram but across the state and will punish the BJP for their wrong doing,” said Pankaj Dawar, the Congress ticket aspirant from Gurgaon constituency.