Panchkula, April 24 -- Manoj Aggarwal is the mayoral candidate of the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) for the Panchkula Municipal Corporation (MC) elections, party's national president Abhay Singh Chautala announced during a meeting at the party headquarters in Chandigarh on Thursday.

The BJP and the Congress have already fielded 71-year-old Sham Lal Bansal and Sudha Bhardwaj, 65 for the May 10 election.

Aggarwal, 64, hails from Adhoya village in Barara tehsil of Ambala district. Associated with the party since the tenure of former deputy prime minister Devi Lal, Aggarwal completed his schooling in Panchkula and graduated from Panjab University in 1981.

He initially served as the district general secretary and media spokesperson. Curren...