Ranchi Mayor Asha Lakra and Deputy Mayor Sanjeev Vijaywargia have been re-nominated by the BJP to fight the municipal polls for their respective posts again as prominent political parties of the State today announced the names of the contestants who will contest the upcoming Municipal Poll-2018 for the post of Mayor and Deputy Mayor from five municipal corporations.
The Congress also came up with a fresh list naming Ajay Tirkey and Dr Rajesh Gupta ‘Chotu’ for Mayor and Deputy Mayor’s posts respectively to fight the polls in State’s biggest Urban Local Body (ULB).
Also, all these political parties have released the names who will contest election for different posts from 13 Nagar Palikas and 16 Nagar Parishads. The ruling party has released the list commissionaires wise. Under Nagar Parishads eight names have been finalized covering Chaibasa, Kapali, Saraikela, Chakuliya Nagar Parishads for the post of President and Vice-President.
From Santhal Pargana Division covering Dumka, Gooda, Madhupur, Sahebganj, Pakur, Mihijaam, Basukinath, Jamtara, Rajmahal including Barhawa as many as 20 contestants will fight against their political competitors. From North Chotanagpur, Hazaribagh Division, Sunil Paswan and Prakash Seth will contest municipal poll for the post of Mayor and Deputy Mayor respectively while from Giridih, Roshni Tirkey and Rajkumar Lal will be the face of BJP from Hazaribagh competing against their contenders for the post of Mayor and Deputy Mayor respectively.
From North Chotanagpur over nine candidates will contest election covering Phusro, Domchanch, Jhumri Telaiya, Chirkunda and Ramgarh Nagar Parishads. From Palamau Division 12 candidates names were finalized for the post of president and Vice-president covering Nagar Parishads like Chatra, Latehar, Garhwa, Uttari, Hussainabad and Chhatarpur.
Vinod Srivastava and Amit Singh ‘Babi’ will contest election for the post of Mayor and Deputy Mayor respectively from Adityapur from BJP. Covering Kolhan Division from Chaibasa, Saraikela, Chakulia and Kapali eight contestants, two each for the post of president and vice-president will give tough competition to their opponents.
Meanwhile on Tuesday, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) also finalized the final list of candidates who will contest the upcoming municipal poll from different municipal corporations including Nagar Panchayats and Nagar Parishads. From Ranchi Varsha Gari will contest for the post of Mayor. From Adityapur, Ranjit Pradhan will be contest for the post of Mayor while Pamila Mehra and Nirmala Devi will contest election from Giridih and Medininagar respectively for post of Mayor. JMM-P central committee has released the names of 21 candidates for different posts.
From All Student Jharkhand Union (AJSU), Munchun Rai will contest election for the post of Mayor from Ranchi. However, Babulal Marandi’s Jharkhand Vikash Morcha-P (JVM-P) is yet to disclose the name lists of candidates strongly indicating on the fact that they might go for a coalition. JVM-P spokesperson, Tauhid Alam had earlier said that there are strong chances to go for a coalition to ruin BJP’s dominance in tribal land.