Three more candidates filed nomination for the post of Mayor of Raipur and 59 for the post of Corporator of Raipur Municipal Corporation (RMC) on the fifth day of nomination process of the urban body elections on Friday.
With this, the total nominations filed for the post of Mayor reached 9 and for the post of Corporator at 103.
According to officials, two independent candidates Shamsher Ali and Shankarlal Varandani besides Prashant Shambharkar of Ambedkarati Party of India filed nomination papers for the post of Mayor of Raipur. As many as six candidates purchased nomination forms for the post of Mayor and 103 purchased forms for the post of Corporator on Friday.
The nomination form for the post of Mayor is available at the Collectorate for Rs5000 for general category and for Rs2500 for SC, ST and women category. Similarly for the post of Corporator, the nomination form is available for Rs1000 for general category and for Rs500 for SC,ST and women category.
According to officials, as many as 680 candidates have purchased forms for the post of Corporator and 35 candidates have purchased forms for the post of Mayor so far.
The last date of filing nomination forms is election of Raipur Municipal Corporation is December 15. The scrutiny of nomination papers will be done on December 16 and the last date of withdrawal of nomination is December 19.
The nomination process will get acceleration from Saturday as both major parties BJP and Congress are likely to declare the candidates.