India, Dec. 8 -- Ahead of the municipal elections, the Congress has put up more than 104 hoardings across Pune, taking credit for civic works it claims were completed when the party controlled the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) - projects that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is now claiming as its own.

This visibility campaign is aimed at countering what the Congress says is the BJP's attempt to appropriate its development record. An internal list of hoarding locations, accessed through party documents, shows that the banners have been put up at prominent spots including Baner Road, Chandani Chowk, and several other commercial and residential zones.

The banners show Congress leader Mohan Joshi claiming that the party executed major r...