India, Feb. 15 -- The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) released a list of 36 councillor candidates on Saturday for the upcoming municipal elections in Haryana, just a day after the party announced its mayoral candidate.

The municipal elections in Haryana will be held on March 2, with the counting of votes scheduled for March 12.

The announcement has triggered discontent within the party as some senior BJP leaders who had previously served as councillors were denied tickets despite their "seniority and contributions" to the party.

The Congress party, meanwhile, is expected to release its list of candidates later in the day. The party on Friday said that they would wait for the BJP to release its complete list before announcing their candida...