The Congress party has released its list of candidates for nine of the ten Lok Sabha seats in Haryana. The list is dominated by loyalists and supporters of former chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, with seven candidates out of eight having close ties to him. The party has announced candidates for all seats except Gurgaon, where a decision is still pending. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has already declared Sushil Gupta as its candidate from the Kurukshetra seat.