Haryana Chief Minister Manohar lal on Sunday said that the BJP would contest the elections to the Gurugram Municipal Corporation later this month on party symbol.
He made the announcement while speaking to the mediapersons in Karnal.
The polls for the Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) will be held on September 24.
While BJP and INlD have announced to contest the MC polls on party symbol, the Congress has announced that it will not contest the Gurugram elections on its party symbol.
The decision to not contest on party symbol in the Gurugram municipal elections was taken after consultations with state leaders, party general secretary in charge of Haryana affairs Kamal Nath said.
Haryana Congress chief Ashok Tanwar had earlier announced that the party will contest the MCG elections on the party symbol, unlike in the past.
The civic polls for the millennium city are being conducted after a delay of over one year. Tenure of elected representatives of MCG ended had on June 21 last year.
The results of MCG elections will also be announced the same day on September 24.
There are as many as 5,57,967 voters, including 2,92,462 males and 2,65,505 females, in the MC Gurugram.
As many as 18 of the 35 wards of the MC Gurugram are reserved- four for SC members, two each for SC women and BC and 10 for women candidates. 546 polling stations would be set up for the election in Gurugram for elections.
Recently, the leader of opposition in Haryana and INlD’s senior leader Abhay Chautala had criticized the Haryana Government for announcing September 24 as the date for holding the MCG elections.
Chautala had alleged that it is a deliberate attempt of the BJP government to keep the INlD away from the electoral process as the government is fully aware of the fact that the INlD will be busy in view of the function on September 25, the birthday of their party’s founder late Chaudhary Devi lal.