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Representative image JALANDHAR: Congress has fielded candidates on party symbol in around 92% of over 2,200 wards for municipal elections ranging from municipal corporations to nagar panchayats. However, BJP has fielded candidates on its party symbol from around 52% of the total wards, its erstwhile partner Shiromani Akali Dal has fielded 80% candidates and AAP 72% candidates on their party symbols. The BJP has claimed that it had decided to contest on party symbol only in municipal corporations, ‘A’ and ‘B’ class municipal committees, from where it has fielded candidates in over 68% wards. SAD, in contrast, said that it had left it to local leaders to take a decision on using the party symbol. Sources revealed that at quite a few places Akali candidates considered their prospects better by opting for the independent route even when the party had strong presence in those areas. ....