Congress candidate from Gurugram Lok Sabha seat Raj Babbar and Rao Dan Singh, Congress candidate from Bhiwani-Mahendragarh Lok Sabha seat and BJPs candidate from Rohtak Parliamentary Constituency Arvind Kumar Sharma on Friday filed their nominations before the returning officer in their respective constituencies. Raj Babbar will be facing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate -- Union Minister Rao Inderjit Singh, and the Jannayak Janta Party candidate -- singer-rapper Rahul Yadav, popularly known as Fazilpuria. Raj Babbar was accompanied by senior Congress leader and former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and Haryana unit Congress president Chaudhary Uday Bhan while filing his nomination. After submitting the affidavit, Babbar along with party leaders addressed a public rally at the Old Club Ground, Civil Lines where he urged the people to vote for him. However, Captain Ajay Yadav, who has been denied the ticket this time, stayed away from the rally. Lots of chairs in the rally were empty due to his absence. A number of people from the neighbouring Nuh district also attended the rally. On the outsider banter, Raj Babbar said: "My roots are from Haryana, my relatives are living in different parts of the state. He pointed out that he is not contesting against anyone but wants to provide basic facilities to the people of the constituency. He criticised Union Minister Rao Inderjit Singh, the sitting Gurgaon MP, and said that despite being a ruling party MP, he failed to expand the railway network in Nuh or the Metro line in Gurugram, and even failed to improve the citys overall condition. Speaking at the rally, Raj Babbar said even as he has no house in Gurugram, he wants to stay in the constituency to resolve the pending problems of the people. "Do vote for Congress and allow the situation to improve. People from across the world live in Gurugram but during the rainy season I have seen that they face a lot of problems, mainly in commuting," he said. Meanwhile, Bhupinder Singh Hooda said that this time, the people of Haryana will cast their votes to uproot the BJP from the Centre, and state. Congress candidate from Bhiwani-Mahendragarh Lok Sabha seat, Rao Dan Singh filled his nomination papers before the returning officer in the presence of senior Congress leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda. Before filing the nomination he and other congress leaders addressed the public meeting.   BJPs candidate Arvind Sharma filed his nomination papers before the returning officer in the presence of Union Defense Minister Rajnath Singh and Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini. Rohtak has long been a bastion of Congress stalwart Bhupinder Singh Hooda before the BJP won it in 2019, as its candidate Arvind Sharma rode the Modi wave to defeat his son Deepender Singh Hooda by a narrow margin of over 7,000 votes. INLD candidate Sunaina Chautala filed her nomination from Hisar while JJPs candidates Ramesh Khatak, Pala Ram Saini and Dr. Kiran Poonia have filed their nomination from Sirsa, Kurukshetra and Ambala respectively. Polling will be held in all 10 seats of Haryana in the sixth phase of elections on May 25. The BJP has won all the seats in the last polls. Those who run away from battle want to lead country: Rajnath Singhs swipe at Rahul Gandhi Rohtak: Mocking Rahul Gandhi as someone who runs away from the battlefield, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday targeted him for shifting his Lok Sabha constituency to Rae Bareli and said he could not gather the courage to contest from Amethi. People like him want to lead the country, the senior BJP leader said in a swipe at the former Congress president at a public meeting here in Rohtak, claiming that many Congress leaders wanted him to contest from Amethi but he chose to run away. I am concerned that he may be given a different name after running away from this battle, Singh said. Gandhi had lost to Union minister and BJP leader Smriti Irani in 2019 after representing the constituency in Lok Sabha for three terms. However, he had won from Wayanad in Kerala. Singh also slammed the Congress over Pakistani leader Chaudhry Fawad Hussains praise for Gandhi, noting Hussain had earlier supported terror attacks in India. The country under Prime Minister Narendra Modis leadership has given the message that it can target its enemies inside and outside the borders, Singh said, in a reference to India targeting terror camps in Pakistan. Noting that Mahatma Gandhi had wished after Independence that the Congress should be dissolved and not be in politics, he said people should fulfil his wish in the elections and finish off the main opposition party.       India under PM Narendra Modi has emerged as a strong country whose voice is heard globally, he said, adding its economy has also become fifth biggest in the world. Over 25 crore people have been lifted out of poverty as well, he said.

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