Stage is now all set for the municipal elections as close on the heels of the BJP, the Congress declared its candidate on the last day of nomination on Friday.
BJP candidates already filed nominations, while the Congress candidates filed their nomination papers after the BJP candidates. The Congress took out processions with its nominees while going to file nominations.
With indirect elections for the mayoral post, bigwigs from both the main political parties-- the BJP and the Congress-- are vying for the coveted post in Raipur.
BJP here has fielded party’s district president Rajiv Kumar Agrawal, state spokesperson and former RDA chairman Sanjay Shrivastava, Subhash Tiwari, Mrityunjay Dubey, Prafull Vishwakarma, Suryakant Rathore. The bigwigs from Congress include Pramod Dubey, Ejaj Dhebar, Shreekumar Menon, Gyanesh Sharma.