As the Lok Sabha election inches closer in Haryana, the Congress is yet to declare its candidates, even as its traditional rival the Bharatiya Janata Party has taken the lead in announcing candidates and stepped up electioneering.
Haryana, which has 10 Lok Sabha constituencies, will have single-phase polling on May 25. In the 2019 election, which saw a 70% turnout, the BJP swept all the 10 seats.
The Congress’s delay in selecting candidates has given BJP leaders new ammunition to target the grand old party. Up against a powerful rival, the challenge before the Congress, which has been functioning in the State for over nine years now without block and district committees, is to put up a united fight.
