On the last day of nomination, 4 candidates filed their nomination for the post of Mayor while 222 candidates presented themselves for ward councilors. As filing of nomination for Municipal elections in Jharkhand ended on Tuesday, the candidates now will concentrate on the campaigning part pulling up their socks for campaigning.
With this, a total 16 candidates for Mayor and 527 candidates for ward councilors are now in the fray in this Municipal election. Although, Political parties are not supposed to fight the Municipal elections directly, almost all the political parties are one or another candidate to improve their base among the masses.
Though there are several candidates in the field, the real fray is among the very few candidates, Congress candidate Rama Khalkho being the most popular and strongest contender. BJP is backing Ajay Tirky as its Mayoral candidate.
As Veteran tribal activist and champion of tribal issues, Ratan Tirky has also fielded himself for the post of Mayor; he will also be giving a good fight to Rama Khlakho. Tirky is having backing of left parties. Antu Tirky, with the backing of Jhakhand Mukti Morcha is quite sure of his victory as he feels that he can bring changes by providing ration cards to a the downtrodden.
Sanjay Toppo, a candidate from Jharkhand Vikas Morcha will also pose a great challenge for the prominent candidates like Khlakho and Tirky.