The Bharatiya Janata Party on March 27 nominated Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Saini as the party’s candidate for the by-election to the Karnal Assembly segment, which had fallen vacant after outgoing Chief Minister Manohar Lal resigned from the constituency earlier this month.
Though the election to the Haryana Assembly is due later this year, the by-election was necessitated since as per the Constitution one cannot remain Minister for more than six months without being a member of the House.
Mr. Saini is currently the Kurukshetra Lok Sabha member of the BJP.
The polling for the Karnal Assembly constituency will be held along with the Lok Sabha elections in the State on May 25.
