Battle lines have been drawn in Haryana for the local body elections after the completion of the process for filing nomination papers, scrutiny and withdrawal.
Elections would be held for posts of Mayor and Members of all the wards of Municipal Corporations of Hisar, Rohtak, Yamuna Nagar, Panipat and Karnal, and Municipal Committees of Jakhal Mandi (Fatehabad) and Pundri (Kaithal). State Election Commissioner, Dalip Singh on Saturday said that 59 candidates including 40 male candidates and 19 females candidates are in fray for Mayor and total 592 candidates including 320 males candidates and 272 females candidates are in fray for Members of all the wards of Municipal Corporations. Similarly, total 89 candidates including 35 males candidates and 55 females candidates are in fray for Municipal Committee.