Karnal, April 23 -- The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday announced the names of mayoral candidates for the three municipal elections in Haryana.

Former Sonepat mayor Rajiv Jain has again been fielded from the seat. The party has also given an opportunity to Akshita Saini, daughter of a BJP-RSS leader, Swarn Saini, from the Ambala seat; this will be her first election. From Panchkula, the BJP has announced the name of 71-year-old Sham Lal Bansal, a long-time associate of the Sangh since his youth, as its nominee.

Former minister of state and two-time ex-MLA from Ambala city, Aseem Goel said that Akshita Saini's family has remained dedicated to the BJP's ideology since the era of the Jan Sangh. "Her grandfather, late Variyam Sing...