Panchkula, April 29 -- Battlelines have been drawn. As many as six mayoral aspirants and 87 ward nominees will fight it out to rule the Panchkula civic body over the next five years, with elections slated for May 10.

Following the scrutiny of papers and withdrawal of nominations, for which Tuesday was the last day, those in fray for the mayor's post are Bharatiya Janata Party's Shyam Lal Bansal, Congress' Sudha Bhardwaj, Indian National Lok Dal's (INLD) Manoj Aggarwal, Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) Rajesh Kumar and two Independents Chandan Singh and Karnail Singh.

Poll watchers predict a keen contest between BJP's Bansal and Congress' Bhardwaj.

Bansal, 71, a long-time RSS worker, who has contested assembly elections twice, has a strong suppo...