Vandana Sharma (second from Left) seated behind her sister Minister for External Affairs Sushma Swaraj
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday released its second list of 47 candidates for the Haryana assembly elections.
The 47 names include eight women. Vandana Sharma, sister of Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj is among them. Ms Sharma was given a ticket from Safidon constituency in Jind district.
The process of filing nomination papers for the Haryana elections commenced on Saturday, with the authorities issuing the poll notification.
Polling will take place Oct 15. About 1.61 crore voters are eligible to cast their votes at 16,244 polling stations.
The BJP had earlier named 43 candidates in its first list Sep 9.