On the last day of filing of nomination papers for the UlB polls, as many as 36 candidates filed their nominations for Sundargarh municipality, while one filed nomination for Rajgangpur and 13 candidates filed nominations for Birmitrapur on Tuesday.
With this, total 83 candidates in Sundargarh, 100 in Rajgangpur and 67 in Birmitrapur have jumped into the fray. On Tuesday, 19 candidates from Congress filed their nominations for Sundargarh. They reached the municipality office in a rally with lok Sabha MP Hemanand Biswal, Sadar MlA Jogesh Singh, district Congress president Dusmanta Nayak and filed their nominations. Similarly, 13 independents and four from Utkal Bharat filed their papers for Sundargarh. likewise, 13 candidates including nine from Odisha Jan Morcha, one from BJP, one JMM and two independents filed their nominations in Birmitrapur. However, only one candidate has filed nomination for Rajgangpur municipality. Significantly, Rourkela municipality is not going to poll now due to the ongoing process of being accorded with corporation status.