Chhattisgarh Pradesh Congress Committee (CGPCC) on Sunday released the list of its official candidates for the post of Municipal Council and Nagar Panchayat President ahead for civic bodies’ polls slated in two phases on December 29 and 31.
Out of 39 seats of Municipal Councils and 105 Nagar Panchayats, Congress respectively released names of its candidates for 36 and 95 posts.The party has fielded Ramsharan Sahu from Surajpur, Savitri Soni from Mungeli, Mangat Ram Sahu from Bemetara, lalita Sinha from Gariaband, Vikram Patel from Baloda Bazar, Gangotri Yogi from Kawardha, Jitendra Singh Thakur from Kanker, Savitri Rai from Sukma, Deepak Karma from Dantewada and Sonmati Tati from Bijapur Municipal Council as its candidate.
Similarly, Rajiv Agrawal from Dharamjaigarh, Nisha Dewangan from Kharora, Sharad Yadav from Saria, Rukhmani Rajwade from Jarahi, Amit Kumar Pandey from Malhar, Sudha Rajak from Pendra, Padma from Rajim, Premu Banjare from Abhanpur, Prakash Nahata from Gundardehi and Sunita Gupta from Dhamdha Nagar Panchayat have been fielded by the party.
This apart, the party also announced Ramsharan Yadav as its official candidate for Bilaspur Municipal Corporation. The senior party leaders had failed to arrive at a conclusion to give a common name for this seat in its marathon meeting on Saturday.The sources said that the party was likely to announce names of its candidates for rest of the three seats of Municipal Councils and 10 for Nagar Panchayats late on Sunday night.