Chandigarh, May 9 -- Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Friday announced that it would contest the elections to 102 municipal councils and nine municipal corporations on the party symbol.A decision to this effect was taken at a meeting of the party's halka in-charges and district presidents which was presided over by party president Sukhbir Singh Badal at the party headquarters in Chandigarh, according to a party release.

The meeting also authorised all halka in-charges to appoint block-level agents (BLOs) to assist in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in the state.

Party vice-president Daljeet Singh Cheema said the meeting took strong notice of the "breakdown in the law and order situation in the state". He said recent bomb blast...