PM Modi, HM Shah head star-studded BJP campaigners’ list for Haryana polls

New Delhi, Sep 12 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday announced a star-studded list of 40 campaigners for the October 5 Assembly elections in Haryana, including heavyweights like Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP President J.P. Nadda, and a bevy of senior leaders comprising Union Ministers, MPs, Chief Ministers and former CMs.The BJP announced its list of 90 candidates for the Haryana polls in three parts, the last of which was issued on Wednesday night with Thursday being the last date for submission of nominations.The campaigners’ list announced on Thursday includes the names of Union Ministers Rajnath Singh, Nitin Gadkari, Manohar Lal Khattar (former Haryana Chief Minister), Shivraj Singh Chouhan, and Piyush Goyal, among others.The Chief Ministers of BJP-ruled states who have been named in the list of campaigners are Nayab Singh Saini (Haryana), Yogi Adityanath (Uttar Pradesh), Mohan Yadav (Madhya Pradesh), Himanta Biswa Sarma (Assam), Bhajan Lal Sharma (Rajasthan), and Pushkar Singh Dhami (Uttarakhand).The list also includes the names of notable BJP leaders like Anurag Singh Thakur (Lok Sabha MP from Hamirpur in Himachal Pradesh), Hema Malini (LS MP from Mathura in Uttar Pradesh), Biplab Kumar Deb (Rajya Sabha MP and former Tripura CM), and Rao Inderjit Singh (Gurgaon MP and Union MoS), among other seasoned leaders.An interesting name spotted in the list is that of wrestler-turned-politician Babita Phogat — the cousin sister of Vinesh Phogat who is contesting the Haryana Assembly polls on a Congress ticket from Julana.Elections to the 90-member Haryana Assembly will be held on October 5. The ballots will be counted on October 8.Here is the complete list of BJP campaigners for the Haryana polls:1. Narendra Modi2. J.P. Nadda3. Rajnath Singh4. Amit Shah5. Nitin Gadkari6. Nayab Singh Saini7. Mohan Lal Badoli8. Manohar Lal Khattar9. Shivraj Singh Chouhan10. Dharmendra Pradhan11. Yogi Adityanath12. Satish Poonia13. Biplab Kumar Deb14. Surendra Singh Nagar15. Piyush Goyal16. Arjun Ram Meghwal17. Hardeep Singh Puri18. Sudha Yadav19. Bhajan Lal Sharma20. Mohan Yadav21. Pushkar Singh Dhami22. Himanta Biswa Sarma23. Rao Inderjit Singh24. Krishan Pal Gurjar25. Vasundhara Raje Scindia26. Smriti Z. Irani27. Jairam Thakur28. Ravneet Singh Bittu29. Anurag Thakur30. Diya Kumari31. Hema Malini32. Kiran Choudhry33. Naveen Jindal34. Dharambir Singh35. Ashok Tanwar36. Manoj Tiwari37. Sanjeev Balyan38. Kuldeep Bishnoi39. Ram Chander Jangra40. Babita Phogat–IANSpgh/arm