Ambala, April 19 -- The Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee on Saturday named Kulwinder Kaur, 59, as the party's mayoral candidate for the upcoming municipal corporation (MC) election in Ambala.

The post of mayor here has been reserved for the Backward Class block-B (BC-B) woman category.

Kaur will be contesting her first-ever election and has formally joined the party only six months back. She thanked the party for the opportunity and said that after winning the Ambala Lok Sabha seat and Ambala city assembly constituency, the party will win in the MC elections as well.

Ambala district congress president (urban) Pawan Aggarwal, welcomed the party's decision and said that names of the party candidates from all 20 Wards will be announced ...