Rohtak Election: BJP's Arvind Sharma vs Congress' Deepender Singh Hooda

Rohtak (Haryana): The Rohtak Lok Sabha constituency, one of Haryana's ten parliamentary seats, is set for a crucial electoral battle on May 25, during Phase 6 of the Lok Sabha elections.

This constituency includes nine legislative assembly segments: Meham, Garhisampla-Kiloi, Rohtak, Kalanaur, Bahadurgarh, Badli, Jhajjar, Beri, and Kosli.

In the 2024 election, the Rohtak Lok Sabha seat will witness a fight between BJP's Arvind Sharma and Congress' Deepender Singh Hooda. The previous election in 2019 saw Arvind Sharma narrowly defeat Deepender Singh Hooda by just 7,503 votes.

Sharma secured 573,845 votes while Hooda received 566,342 votes.

They are again pitted against each other, making the election on this seat interesting. In 2014, Deepender Singh Hooda of the Indian National Congress won, securing 490,063 votes. Om Parkash Dhankar of the Bharatiya Janata Party stood second with 319,436 votes.

Deepender Singh Hooda, who previously held the Rohtak seat for three terms (2005 bypoll, 2009, and 2014), aims to reclaim his stronghold.

On the other hand, the BJP is determined to retain the seat as part of its broader goal of securing 400 MPs in the Lok Sabha (Abki baar 400 paar). Arvind Sharma, who joined BJP on May 15, 2019, in the presence of former Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, is seen as a key candidate in this effort.

Earlier, Haryana CM Nayab Singh Saini said on May 5, "People of Rohtak have said today that they will make Dr Arvind Sharma win by more than 5 lakh votes...It is a festival of democracy and we all should vote for the country's development. Bharatiya Janata Party will win all 10 Lok Sabha seats of Haryana."

(ANI)