Karnal is seen as one of the better seats for the BJP which its precursor, Jan Sangh, had won for the first time in 1962. While Karnal is hub for rice millers, dairy players and the footwear industry, Panipat in a handloom industry centre.
Among other candidates in fray for 2024 election in Karnal are former chief minister of Haryana, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) nominee, Manohar Lal Khattar (70), and Divyanshu Budhiraja (31) of the Congress
When the 10 Lok Sabha seats of the state go to polls in the sixth phase of Lok Sabha election on May 25, some of the family members will be in fray, some not.
The Jannayak Janta Party on Wednesday morning issued a three-line whip to its MLAs in the Haryana Assembly, ordering them to be absent from House proceedings for the day.