Chandigarh, May 30 -- The ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) won more than 48 percent of the wards in Punjab's civic body elections, with chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Friday describing the results as an endorsement of his government's development works and a rejection of the opposition's "politics of hatred". According to Punjab State Election Commission data available till around 9.30 pm, AAP won 954 of the total 1,977 wards, while the Congress secured 393 wards. The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) won 192 wards and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 172. Independent candidates won 251 wards and the BSP secured seven. Results for eight wards were still awaited. In the municipal corporation polls, AAP registered decisive victories in Moga, Barnala, Ba...