Haryana
BJP suffers blow in Haryana civic polls amid farmers' protest
Chandigarh/IBNS: A month after thousands of farmers started protesting against Centre's contentious farm laws, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Jannayak Janta Party (JJP) alliance suffered a blow in the municipal corporation elections in Haryana.
The ruling coalition has lost the mayoral polls in Sonipat and Ambala, which was touted as a prestige battle a year after the state elections.
Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala's Jannayak Janata Party lost the local polls in its home turf - Hisar's Ukalana - and Rewari's Dharuhera.
The civic body elections in Haryana's Ambala, Panchkula, Sonipat, Rewari's Dharuhera, Rohtak's Sampla, and Hisar's Uklana were held on Sunday.
The counting of votes began on Wednesday morning at 8 AM.
The Congress won Sonipat by a margin of nearly 14,000 votes.
Nikhil Madaan will be Sonipat's first mayor.
In Ambala, Haryana Janachetana Party's Shakti Rani Sharma is set to be the mayor after she won by over 8,000 votes.
Last month, the Manohar Lal Khattar government was severely criticised for its handling of the protesting farmers, who faced water cannons and batons, when they were marching towards the national capital.
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