We will not give Tanwar entry, Khattar told reporters
Congress leader Ranjit Singh Chautala, son of late deputy prime minister Devi Lal, entered the fray from Rania as Independent after failing to secure a ticket
Tanwar announced his resignation on Twitter and posted a four-page resignation letter addressed to Congress president Sonia Gandhi
The Maharashtra Assembly has 288-seats and Haryana has 90-seats
The Haryana Assembly polls are going to be held on October 21
The term of the Haryana Assembly expires on November 2
Assembly elections in Haryana will be held on October 21 and the counting of votes in the state will be taken up on October 24
The opposition party claimed the government is on its way out due to "slowdown and lockdown"
'We gave fearless, discrimination-free and corruption-free governance,' he said
Former Hisar MP Dushyant Chautala, elder son of Ajay Chautala, had launched Jannayak Janata Party last year
Voting was held on Sunday for five municipal corporations and committees in Haryana