Karnal, March 1 -- A war of words was witnessed between the mayoral candidates of BJP and Congress on the last day of campaigning for the municipal corporation elections in Karnal on Friday.

While both candidates made the last-ditch efforts since morning, Congress mayoral candidate Manoj Wadhwa organised a debate programme at sector 12, where he invited his BJP rival Renu Bala Gupta hours before the campaigning for the municipal elections ended.

Gupta is a former two-time mayor and is seeking a third term on a BJP ticket, while Wadhwa is a former deputy mayor and has previously contested against former chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar in the 2014 assembly elections as an INLD candidate.

Wadhwa said that he had invited Gupta and her h...