Haryana Rajya Sabha poll: Satish Nandal enters race for two seats as third candidate; to contest as Independent

Satish Nandal entered the fray for the upcoming Haryana Rajya Sabha predetermination arsenic an Independent campaigner connected the past day of filing nominations connected Thursday (March 5, 2026), adding a 3rd magnitude to the contention for 2 seats successful the State.

Congress named Scheduled Caste person Karamvir Singh Boudh arsenic its campaigner for the biennial Rajya Sabha predetermination to 2 seats successful Haryana connected Thursday (March 5), portion the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had already named erstwhile Karnal Lok Sabha MP Sanjay Bhatia arsenic its candidate. Mr. Bhatia is considered adjacent confidant of Union Urban Affairs Minister Manohar Lal.

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Though the BJP and the Congress candidates are expected to person a creaseless sail with the 2 parties having 48 and 37 MLAs respectively successful the 90-member Assembly, the introduction of Mr. Nandal could marque the predetermination interesting, particularly with the Congress’ dubious grounds of having mislaid 2 Rajya Sabha elections successful the past contempt having the requisite numbers.

Congress person Ajay Maken had mislaid the high-stakes Haryana Rajya Sabha predetermination successful June 2022 with a borderline of little than 1 ballot successful a large setback to the enactment owed to cross-voting and an invalid vote.

Mr. Nandal had unsuccessfully contested against two-time Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda from Garhi-Sampla-Kiloi Assembly constituency arsenic a BJP campaigner successful 2019.