Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal along with newly elected Mayors of five Municipal Corporations called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Monday.
The newly elected mayors of five Municipal Corporations --Manmohan Goyal of Rohtak, Renu Bala Gupta of Karnal, Gautam Sardana of Hisar, Madan Singh Chauhan of Yamunanagar and Avnit Kaur of Panipat accompanied the chief minister.
BJP had swept the polls held recently in the urban bodies.
During the meeting at Prime Ministers’ Office in Sansad Bhawan, besides the Chief Minister, BJP General Secretary In-charge of Party Affairs in Haryana Anil Jain and BJP State President Subhash Barala were also present.
Talking to reporters later, Barala said the State Government under the leadership of Chief Minister Manohar Lal has taken a policy decision to hold direct elections of Mayors in Municipal Corporations. The decision would go a long way in stabilizing the system of Municipal Corporations, he added.