Panchkula, Jan. 8 -- The draw of lots for the reserved seats for the upcoming Panchkula municipal corporation (MC) elections was held on Wednesday, in which, a total of seven wards have been reserved for the women candidates.

Following the completion of the delimitation (wardbandi) exercise last month and the rejection of objections to the proposed ward boundaries, the draw of lots was held in the presence of ad-hoc committee chairman and Panchkula deputy commissioner (DC) Satpal Sharma. Apart from committee members, former mayor Kulbhushan Goyal and former councillors Gautam Prasad and Rajesh were also present.

Ward No. 16 has been declared reserved for women belonging to Scheduled Caste (SC) category, while Ward No. 18 and 19 have bee...