A five-time Chief Minister and towering figure of Haryana, Om Prakash Chautala, passed away at the age of 89. The son of former Deputy Prime Minister Devi Lal, he died following a cardiac arrest at his residence in Gurugram, today.
The Gurugram seat comprises nine Assembly segments including Bawal, Rewari, Pataudi, Badshahpur, Gurugram, Sohna, Nuh, Ferozepur Jhirka and Punahana.
Two people have been arrested in connection with the murder of Haryana Indian National Lok Dal's (INLD) chief Nafe Singh Rathee, police said on Monday.
The state police has also booked former Haryana MLA Naresh Kaushik and 11 others in connection with the killing.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday gave a clarion call for a "main front", comprising the Congress, to oust the BJP in 2024 parliamentary polls.
Surprisingly, Independent candidate Mohit Grover is second having polled 23, 990 votes, making a total of 25.48 per cent of votes.
The Jannayak Janata Party has emerged as the kingmaker in the state with both the Congress and the BJP reaching out to the party to help form the government in the case of a hung assembly.
Voting will begin at 7 am, at all polling booths, according to the EC.
As per the self-sworn affidavits of 1138 out of 1169 candidates, who are contesting in the Haryana Assembly elections, analysed by the Haryana Election Watch and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR), 117 candidates have declared criminal cases against themselves.
Tej Bahadur Yadav was sacked from BSF in 2017 after he uploaded a video on social media complaining about the food served to the troops.
