Prominent leaders from both the mainstream political parties — the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) who were offered tickets to contest Assembly polls arrived with massive processions of their supporters to file their nominations at the District Collectorate on Wednesday amid tight security arrangements.
The candidates who filed their nominations were — State Minister for Industry and Commerce Rajesh Munat (contesting from Raipur (West), former president of Chhattisgarh Pradesh Congress Committee (CGPCC) Dhanendra Sahu (Contesting from Abhanpur), former Minister Satyanarayan Sharma contesting from Raipur (Rural), Kuldeep Juneja (contesting from Raipur (North) and Raipur City Mayor Kiranmayi Nayak (contesting from Raipur (West) Nandkumar Sahu from Raipur (Rural) seat.
At the same time, State Minister for Agriculture Chandrashekhar Sahu arrived at the District Collectorate to purchase the nomination form. Apart from the leaders of two major political parties, independents and candidates of regional parties also filed nominations at the District Collectorate. The candidates from the regional parties included Ishwari Namdev of lok Janshakti Party who is contesting from Raipur (West) Assembly seat and Gajadhar Verma of Chhattisgarh Swabhiman Manch from the Dharsiva Assembly seat.
There were two Independents who also filed their nominations for contesting from the Raipur (South ) seat — Mehboob Khan and Wasim Khan.