Former chief minister of Haryana, Manohar Lal Khattar filed his nomination papers as a BJP candidate from the Karnal Lok Sabha seat in the state on Monday.
Khattar was accompanied by incumbent Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini, who also filed his nomination papers for Karnal assembly by-polls scheduled for May 25. Ahead of filing their nomination papers before the returning officer in Karnal on the last day of the process, Saini and Khattar took out a roadshow in Karnal in an open decorated vehicle.
"There is an overwhelming public support. The BJP is getting huge support not just in Karnal but everywhere. I can say that in Haryana, eleven 'lotuses' (the BJP's poll symbol) will bloom. We will win with a big mandate," Saini said while addressing the media.
"If we compare Karnal of 2014 with the present-day Karnal then we can see a big difference. The double-engine government has undertaken a lot of development in the country and in the state," said Saini.
Polling for the 10 Lok Sabha seats in Haryana, including Karnal, will take place on May 25. Nayab Saini is up against Congress rival Tarlochan Singh in the Karnal assembly bypolls. Khattar's rival for the Lok Sabha seat is Haryana Youth Congress president Divyanshu Budhiraja.
In the 2019 assembly polls, Manohar Lal Khattar, who was then the state's chief minister, had retained his Karnal seat defeating Tarlochan Singh.
Nayab Saini, the state BJP chief and MP in the outgoing Lok Sabha from Kurukshetra seat, was sworn in as the chief minister on March 12, replacing Khattar.
On March 13, Khattar resigned as an MLA from the Karnal assembly seat and on the same day was named as the BJP candidate for the Karnal Lok Sabha seat.
The nomination process for the 10 Lok Sabha constituencies in Haryana and for the Karnal assembly seat bypoll began on April 29.
The deadline for filing nominations is May 6. The scrutiny of nominations will be done on May 7, and candidates can withdraw their nominations until May 9.
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