The Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday announced the names of its mayoral candidates for the remaining two municipal corporations — — Bareilly and Firozabad – for the coming urban local bodies’ elections.
BJP state president Mahendra Nath Pandey said in a statement that Umesh Gautam would contest the Bareilly mayor’s seat while Nutan Thakur would be party’s mayoral candidate in Firozabad.
With the announcement of the last two candidates, the BJP has declared the names of its candidates contesting the 16 mayoral seats that will go to polls in three phases on November 22, 26 and 29.
Counting of votes would be taken up on December 1 and the results are expected to be declared the same day.