A month after thousands of farmers began protesting the new agricultural laws near Delhi’s borders, the ruling BJP-JJP combine in neighbouring Haryana has suffered a blow in the municipal corporation elections. The ruling coalition has lost mayoral polls in Sonipat and Ambala, 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 Ambala, Panchkula, Sonipat, Rewari’s Dharuhera, Rohtak’s Sampla, and Hisar’s Uklana were held on Sunday. The counting of votes began this morning at 8 AM. The Congress won Sonipat by a margin of nearly 14,000 votes. Nikhil Madaan wil be Sonipat’s first mayor. Resentment against the new agricultural laws was the reason of the BJP’s loss, the rival Congress claimed.
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