Haryana assembly polls: Randeep eyeing hat-trick from Kaithal

The All India Congress Committee (AICC) communication in-charge, Randeep Singh Surjewala, is eyeing a hat-trick from his stronghold of Kaithal in the October 21 Haryana assembly election.

A total of 18 candidates are in the fray from Kaithal, but it would be a direct contest between the Congress and BJP nominees.

The BJP has pitted former MLA Lila Ram Gujjar against Surjewala.

Lila Ram won as an INLD candidate in the 2000 election.

Madan (BSP), Anil Kumar (INLD), Ramphal Malik (JJP), Shyam Lal (LSP), Jasvir (Sarvhit Party) are the other notable candidates.

Kaithal has 2.03 lakh voters -- 1.08 lakh males and 95,000 females.

Kaithal has 208 polling booths, out of which 13 polling booths have been identified as vulnerable.

Surjewala, who is the chief spokesperson of the Congress, has a personal following as he nursed the constituency while being a cabinet minister in the Congress government from 2004 to 2014.

BJP candidate Lila Ram Gujjar is highlighting achievements of the the BJP ...