Chandigarh: The Haryana unit of the Congress on Monday said a fake list of party candidates for nine Lok Sabha seats in the state is being circulated on social media and termed it a mischievous attempt to malign the party's image.
Haryana Congress President Uday Bhan Bhan said that there is still a week left for the nomination process to start and before that the names of the candidates will be announced.
"A list is being circulated on social media. It is a fake list," he said.
He said, Congress will seek information and investigate who wants to tarnish the image of the party.
Congress will contest nine seats in Haryana, while its ally Aam Aadmi Party has already announced the candidature of its state unit chief Sushil Gupta from Kurukshetra.
Apart from other parties, BJP had announced its candidates on all 10 seats last month.
For the past several days, Congress's rivals have targeted it over the alleged delay in announcing candidates and said that it is running away from the contest.
Recently, while talking to journalists in Karnal, Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini had said that the opposition parties are holding meetings after meetings, but are not able to decide the candidates for the Lok Sabha elections in Haryana.
Some other leaders of rival Congress parties have claimed that there is infighting in the party's state unit due to which the announcement of candidates is being delayed.
Haryana Congress President Uday Bhan Bhan said that there is still a week left for the nomination process to start and before that the names of the candidates will be announced.
"A list is being circulated on social media. It is a fake list," he said.
He said, Congress will seek information and investigate who wants to tarnish the image of the party.
Congress will contest nine seats in Haryana, while its ally Aam Aadmi Party has already announced the candidature of its state unit chief Sushil Gupta from Kurukshetra.
Apart from other parties, BJP had announced its candidates on all 10 seats last month.
For the past several days, Congress's rivals have targeted it over the alleged delay in announcing candidates and said that it is running away from the contest.
Recently, while talking to journalists in Karnal, Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini had said that the opposition parties are holding meetings after meetings, but are not able to decide the candidates for the Lok Sabha elections in Haryana.
Some other leaders of rival Congress parties have claimed that there is infighting in the party's state unit due to which the announcement of candidates is being delayed.
