Haryana Polls: Shiv Sena fields Umar Khalid attacker

Chandigarh: Self-proclaimed cow vigilante Naveen Dalal, who had claimed to have attacked former JNU students’ union leader Umar Khalid in 2018, has a new role and new name, too.
Facing charges for attempted murder and rioting, Dalal, who has never filed an Income Tax return, is in the Haryana poll fray for the October 21 Assembly elections as a Shiv Sena candidate.
Dalal says he joined the party six months ago.
He filed his nominations as Naval Naveen and is contesting from Bahadurgarh in Jhajjar district.
Hailing from Mandauthi, a village in Bahadurgarh known as the “nursery of wrestlers”, the 29-year-old said he joined the Shiv Sena because of its ideology on “nationalism and cow protection”.
Party president (Haryana South) Vikram Yadav said Dalal was fighting for nationalistic issues like cow protection and against anti-national elements.