Rohtak, May 9 -- The campaign for the Haryana civic body polls ended on Friday evening. Voting is scheduled for May 10, when candidates from national parties will vie for the top posts in the civic bodies.

Besides the contests in the Sonepat municipal corporation (MC) and Rewari municipal council, the election for the Sampla municipal committee has emerged as the most politically significant. The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is making an aggressive push to win Sampla, which has traditionally been considered a stronghold of senior Congress leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda.

However, as the Congress is not contesting in Sampla on party symbol, Hooda has signaled for voters to support candidates who can defeat the BJP nominee.

The BJP, ...