Earlier former Haryana minister Ranjit Singh filed papers as an Independent candidate after being denied the ticket from Rania. While Nagendra Bhadana who joined the INLD after being denied the BJP ticket, will also play spoilsport for the BJP candidate Satish Fagna from Faridabad (NIT).Sources said senior party leaders, including Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini, state BJP chief Mohan Lal Badoli and party election in charge Dharmendra Pradhan tried to mollify the disgruntled rebel candidates. They were able to pacify and convince a few of them who reportedly withdrew their nominations. These include Bharti Saini, Rampal Yadav, Shiv Kumar Mehta, Rajiv Jain and his wife and former Haryana minister Kavita Jain, was eyeing the ticket from Sonepat, former Karnal Mayor Renu Bala Gupta after her husband was elevated as working district BJP president and former deputy speaker Santosh Yadav who was a ticket aspirant from Ateli. Sources said though the deadline for withdrawal of papers ended, efforts would still be made to woo the rebels back two weeks for the polling.
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