Anirudh Chaudhry, cricket administrator-turned-politician contesting on Congress ticket from Tosham (family seat). Fielded against cousin Shruti (from BJP) - both are grandchildren of the late former Haryana CM Bansi Lal. Bansi Lal first won the seat in the 1967. Bansi Lal had two sons - Mahendra and Surendra - didnt get along. Surendra represented family seat but died in a chopper crash in 2005. the his wife Kiran Chaudhry got the seat, represented four times as Congress MLA then swtiched to BJP in June. Shruti is daughter of Kiran.

 

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Aniruddh's father Mahendra - known for defeating  Sharad Pawar to become the