Independent candidate Reema Soni celebrates her victory on Wednesday. (Photo by special arrangement)

The Haryana municipal poll results reaffirmed the ruling BJP’s edge across several civic bodies on Wednesday, yet the spotlight fell on Hisar district’s Uklana, where 23-year-old student Reema Soni surprised many by defeating the saffron party’s candidate.

Contesting as an independent candidate with backing from the Congress and later the INLD, she defeated the BJP’s Nikita Goyal, daughter-in-law of senior party leader Shriniwas Goyal, by a margin of 2,806 votes.…