BJP announces Haryana Assembly candidates, denies ticket to Ram Bilas Sharma, and rules out alliance with Gopal Kanda.

BJP announces Haryana Assembly candidates, denies ticket to Ram Bilas Sharma, sparking controversy and last-minute nominations.

Amid deepening schisms within the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party in Haryana over poll ticket distribution, party leader Karan Dev Kamboj on Wednesday indicated that the rebellion could have been prevented if Chief Minister Nayab Saini had a 'say' on the allocation process.

A day before the final day of filing of nomination papers for the Assembly election in Haryana, the rebels and disgruntled leaders have become a cause of concern for all political parties, including the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its main challenger Congress. The rebels are either

Kamboj, who like Saini hails from the OBC community, says he has not yet resigned from the BJP’s primary membership and that his supporters will take a call on his next move

The ruling BJP late Wednesday evening released its third and final list, with the party denying ticket to its senior leader Ram Bilas Sharma from Mahendragarh.

With the completion of the withdrawal of nominations by the candidates of various political parties and independent candidates on September 16, the stage is now set for an intense multi-cornered electoral slugfest in Haryana where the ruling BJP under the leadership of Chief Minister Nayab Singh