Chandigarh: The BJP’s mayoral candidates registered emphatic victories in seven municipal corporations in Haryana on Wednesday while its nominees were leading in two other civic bodies in the recently held elections.
The Congress, which was looking to turn around its electoral fortunes after suffering a defeat in the 2024 Assembly polls, had to bite the dust.
Polls to elect mayors and ward members in seven municipal corporations — Gurugram, Manesar, Faridabad, Hisar, Rohtak, Karnal and Yamunanagar — were held on March 2. The bypolls for the mayoral posts in Ambala and Sonipat and the elections for presidents and ward members in 21 municipal committees were also held that day.
In Ambala, Shailja Sachdeva, the BJP candidate for the mayor’s post, defeated her nearest Congress rival Amisha Chawla by a margin of 20,487 votes. In Faridabad, the ruling party’s mayoral candidate Parveen Joshi was leading over Congress’ Lata Rani, while Raj Rani of BJP was leading over Seema Pahuja from Gurugram.
In Manesar, however, BJP candidate Sunder Lal was trailing Independent candidate Inderjeet Yadav.
Praveen Popli of the BJP was leading from Hisar over the Congress’ Krishan Singla. In Karnal, the BJP’s Renu Bala Gupta was ahead of the Congress’ Manoj Wadhwa.
In Panipat, the BJP’s Komal Saini was leading over Congress’ Savita Garg while Ram Avtar of the Safron outfit was leading over Surajmal Kiloi in Rohtak.
Senior BJP leader Rajiv Jain was leading over Congress’ Komal Dewan in Sonipat. In Yamunanagar, Suman of the BJP was ahead of Congress’ Kirna Devi.
Extensive arrangements have been made by the Haryana State Election Commission in coordination with the district administrations concerned to ensure smooth conduct of the counting process, officials said.
