Chandigarh: After including educational qualifications and other criteria for panchayat elections, the Haryana government on Tuesday announced that it will amend the state's Municipal Corporation Act to lay down some qualifications for contesting polls to urban local bodies.

"Haryana Government has decided to amend section 13A of the Haryana Municipal Act, 1973, and section 8 of the Haryana Municipal Corporation Act, 1994, laying down some qualifications for contesting the elections to urban local bodies," a state government spokesman said here.