Ambala, April 29 -- Congress party candidate and worker, Aman Uppal from ward 5,switched over to the BJP with his father and supporters on Tuesday. Former minister Aseem Goel, BJP district president Mandeep Rana, ward 5 candidate Rajesh Mehta, Sourabh Kapoor and others welcomed him into the party fold. Alleging that Congress MLA Nirmal Singh pressured him to withdraw his nomination and extend support to independent candidate Ravinder Gupta, Uppal said that he decided to quit the party. They have also pledged to mobilise votes in favor of Mehta, also former deputy mayor. Goel said this was not merely a case of a Congress candidate joining the BJP, but an entire Congress family-along with their dedicated supporters-entering the party fold. After the nomination process ended with the withdrawal of papers on Tuesday, 65 candidates from various parties remain in 20 wards. Similarly, three mayor candidates - Akshita Saini from BJP, Kulwinder Kaur from the Congress and Sonia Rani, independent candidate on the seat reserved for women from backward class Block-B (BCB). On Tuesday, Returning officer and additional deputy commissioner Virat allotted election symbols to the candidates who filed nominations for both posts. He said that Chitra Saini withdrew her nomination papers for the post of mayor, while 21 candidates also withdrew their papers for the post of councilor....