In Haryana Local Elections, Setback To BJP Amid Farmer Protests

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.