On the second day of the nomination process for civic bodies' election, an independent candidate filed nomination for the post of councillor on Tuesday. With the hope of getting ticket from BJP and Congress, large number of party workers had purchased nomination papers for the posts of councillor and mayor.
City Magistrate Harak Singh Rawat said that those who purchased nomination papers for the post of Mayor include Sanjeev Sharma, Vishal Dobhal, Sanjay Goyal, Mammohan lakheda and Devanand Khanduri. Some candidates had purchased two nomination papers. No one filed nomination paper for the post of Mayor on Tuesday. A total of 10 candidates have purchased nomination papers for the post of Mayor so far.
On Tuesday, independent candidate Ajit Singh filed his nomination from ward-49 on general seat.
To show his political strength, Singh reached the nomination site along with hundreds of supporters raising slogans in his favour. After filing his nomination, Singh alleged that the councillors of both the national parties had failed to address basic problems being faced by the residents for the last many years. He would work with honesty for the development of his ward if elected. Nitin Verma, who purchased nomination paper for ward 45 (Niranjanpur), said that though he has worked for the Congress for the past many years; he would file nomination as an independent candidate. He alleged that Congress does not distribute tickets among party workers judiciously. local MlA Dinesh Aggarwal had inaugurated several civic works in the ward, but he has yet to execute these.
locals are supporting his candidature and he expressed hope to win the election. There are 4,070 voters in his ward and the BJP candidate had won the last election by a margin of 21 votes.
Rakesh Mohan lakheda, who purchased nomination paper for ward-39 (Naibasti, Race Course), said that he would contest election as an independent candidate. Earlier, civic works were completed in his ward with the help of local MlA. Apart from this, he helped the residents to procure scholarships, widow pension, old age pension and ration card from the department of social welfare.
Congress member Vishal Dobhal said that he purchased nomination paper with the hope of getting ticket from the party to contest for the post of Mayor.
Uttarakhand Congress releases names of 11 candidates
Uttarakhand Congress has released their 11 candidates for local body election on Tuesday. Within five minutes they changed one out of 11 candidates.
During press conference Congress spokesperson Dhirendra Pratap announced Brajpal Singh for the post of Mahua dabra Nagar Panchayat President but later Praveen Kumar given ticket for the seat.
Their names are Rama Verma for the President of Nagar Panchayat lohaghat; Rita Pushpaan for the President of Nagar Panchayat Ukhimath; Pyarelal Himani for the President of Nagar Panchayat Purola; Deep Sati for the President of Nagar Panchayat Kaladungi; Madan lal for Chairman Jaspur Municipality; Anadi Rajan for Dineshpur Nagar Panchayat President, Munna lal Maurya for the President of Nagar Panchayat Sultanpur; Abdul Hasan for Mahuwakhedganj Nagar Panchayat President, Kanta Prasad Sagar for Sitarganj Nagar Panchayat President, Hamid Ali for the post of Kelakeda Nagar Panchayat President in Udhamsingh Nagar.