AAP to field candidates from Ambala\, Karnal and Faridabad in Haryana

AAP to field candidates from Ambala, Karnal and Faridabad in Haryana

Press Trust of India  |  New Delhi 

The will field candidates from Ambala, and in Haryana, the and the JJP announced in a joint press conference Thursday.

In the press conference, the JJP announced names of its candidates from the Bhiwani-Mahendragarh, Sirsa, Rohtak and Hisar seats.

JJP founder said he will seek re-election from Hisar, while Pradeep Deswala will be the party's candidate from Rohtak.

Nirmal Singh Malhadi will contest from Sirsa and from BhiwaniMahendragarh, he said.

The will field candidates from Ambala, and and their names would be announced soon, senior leader said.

The Arvind Kejriwal-led party has said there will be no alliance with the in after the grand old party refused to have a tie-ups in any other state apart from

Chautala said there is no question of an alliance with the in as it is against their ideology.

"From day one, we had clarified that we could not join hands with the whose hollow and corrupt policies affected the country.

"I want to clarify that there is no question of forming an alliance with the Congress and we have held no talks with the Congress in this matter," he said.

The JJP was launched by former Hrayana Chautala's grandson Dushyant Chautala, following a power struggle in the state's main opposition INLD last year.

Dushyant, who was the youngest at the age of 26, is the great-grandson of former late

His grandfather and father were convicted in a teachers recruitment scam.

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First Published: Thu, April 18 2019. 20:40 IST