BJP's Bansal will take on Cong's Bhardwaj in P'kula
Panchkula, April 23 -- Seventy-one-year-old Sham Lal Bansal, a long-time Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) associate, is set to take on Congress' Sudha Bhardwaj, 65, in the Panchkula municipal corporation (MC) election, scheduled forMay 10.
Haryana BJP president Mohan Lal Badoli announced Bansal's candidature on Wednesday.
Outgoing mayor Kulbhushan Goyal, who had defeated Panchkula's first woman mayor Upinder Kaur Ahluwalia of the Congress, in the 2020 elections, was also in the race for a ticket, but the saffron party ultimately reposed faith in Bansal.
His candidature was finalised after consultations with the party's national leadership, those in the know of the matter said. Within the Congress too, there was stiff competition between former HaryanaCongress Mahila Morchapresident Sudha Bhardwaj and senior leader Ravindra Rawal for the ticket.
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