BJP names Yogeshwar Dutt as party candidate for Baroda bypoll in Haryana

Yogeshwar Dutt. Credit: PTI

The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday evening named wrestler-turned-politician Yogeshwar Dutt as a party nominee for the bypoll to Baroda assembly constituency.

According to a party statement, Dutt will fight the November 3 bypoll from Baroda seat in Sonipat.

The bypoll was necessitated due to the demise of Congress MLA Shri Krishan Hooda in April. The last date to file a nomination for the bypoll is Friday.

Dutt had unsuccessfully contested from the seat in October 2019 assembly polls.