Rohtak, Feb. 17 -- A day after the Congress announced its candidates for the post of mayor for the Haryana municipal corporation elections, senior Congress leader Ram Niwas Rara declared to contest as an Independent from Hisar.

Rara had unsuccessfully contested last year's assembly elections on Congress's ticket from Hisar.

The Congress has pitted Krishna Singla, who is considered close to Hisar MP Jai Prakash, for the mayoral post. Rara, a close confidante of Sirsa MP Kumari Selja on Sunday held a meeting of his workers and announced to contest the mayoral election as an Independent nominee.

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