Panchkula, April 20 -- The Indian National Congress has fielded Sudha Bhardwaj, the former state president of the party's women's wing, for the mayoral race in the Panchkula municipal corporation (MC) elections slated on May 10.

She is the wife of Congress media in-charge Sanjiv Bhardwaj.

Her candidature was approved by Haryana Congress in-charge BK Hariprasad.

The announcement was formally made on Sunday by Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee president Rao Narender Singh.

District president Sanjay Chauhan said there were 12 aspirants vying for the ticket. He added that Upinder Kaur Ahluwalia, the first woman mayor of Panchkula, was not in the race this time. In the 2020 MC elections, she had contested for the post but lost to BJP's Ku...