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On the other hand, BJP has no dearth of candidates, as some prominent leaders of the city have joined the party recently. It was likely that Mayawati’s party may stake a claim to the Hisar mayor post, an INLD leader claimed.Local leaders are also looking at AAP and CPM for tickets, while there are speculations regarding potential independent candidates like former chairman of municipal council Arvind Kharinta. A final call would be taken after a joint meeting of INLD and BSP. Sheela Bhayan, Umed Lohan and Sajjan Lalwat are the other names that are being floated. One senior BJP leader said that among the probable mayor candidates, leaders whose names were being projected included Gautam Sardana, who had contested Hisar’s assembly election on HJC ticket and was brought into BJP by CM Manohar Lal Khattar recently; Hanuman Prashad Eran, who was previously INLD’s ex-chairman of Hisar municipal council; Rekha Eran, his wife; Ravi Saini; Yogesh Bidani and Vikrant Dhamija, supposedly MP Subhash Chandra’s aide .INLD leader Tarun Jain, who was hoping to be party’s candidate, is now in MP Dushyant Chautala’s camp..