Filing of nomination papers for the January 8 Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections will begin from Monday.The last date of filing of nominations is December 20.
Candidates will file their nominations before the Bhubaneswar Additional District Magistrate (ADM). Major political parties are giving final touches to the lists of their candidates for the 67 wards of the BMC.
While BJD president and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has formed a committee comprising Ministers Kalpataru Das, Bikram Keshri Arukh and Usha Devi and MlA Pramila Mallick for selection of candidates
for the party, the BJP has given the total responsibility of the polls to senior party leader Biswa Bhusan Harichandan.
The Congress is also in process of selecting its candidates. The scrutiny of nominations will be held on December 23 and withdrawal of nominations is scheduled for December 26. Counting of votes will take place on January 9.