Know your candidates

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With just a few days to go for Civic poll – 2018 scheduled on April 16, the top contestants and their promotional activities have become the talk of the town. Describing the age, assets, qualification and profession, the Pioneer presents a consolidated report for its readers of top Mayoral and Deputy Mayor Candidates contesting election from Jharkhand’s biggest Urban Local Body (ULB) with a detailed fact sheet.

Mayor (Top 5)

Asha Lakra (BJP)

Age – 39

Qualification – MA with B.Ed (Bachelor of Education)

Assets - Worth Rs  11.8 lakh

Profession- Social Worker

Varsha Gari (JMM)

Age – 37

Qualification – Matriculate

Assets – Worth Rs  7.82 lakh

Profession – Social Worker

Kusum Ranjita Singh Munda (AJSU)

Age – 35

Qualification – Graduate

Assets– Worth Rs 15 lakh

Profession – Social Worker

Shiva Kacchap (JVM-P)

Age – 40

Qualification – Graduate in Political Science

Assets– Worth Rs 3 lakh

Profession – Social worker, Teacher

Ajay Tirkey (Face of Congress, contesting election as Independent candidate)

Age – 33

Qualification – Matriculate

Assets– Worth Rs  4 to 5 lakh

Profession – Supplier of sand and building construction materials

Note: Only Ajay Tirkey is contesting election as independent candidate as during the scrutiny procedure which began on March 23, officials found incomplete details as in which the congress party had to declare its candidate was left blank.

Deputy Mayors (Top 5)

Sanjiv Vijayawargia (BJP)

Age – 50

Qualification – A graduate in Commerce (B.Com)

Assets - Worth Rs  59. 70 lakh

Profession - Businessman

Rajesh Gupta ‘Chotu’ (Congress)

Age – 40

Qualification – Master of Commerce and a Ph.D holder

Assets– Worth Rs  4 lakh

Profession – NA (Not available)

Munchun Rai (AJSU)

Age – 38

Qualification – Inter Pass

Assets – Moveable assets worth Rs  1.40 crore

Profession – Businessman

Asraf Khan (JMM)

Age – 38

Qualification – Graduate

Assets – Worth Rs 7 lakh

Profession – NA (Not available)

Uttam Yadav (JVM-P)

Age – 30

Qualification –Matriculate

Asset –  Worth Rs 10. 85 lakh

Profession – Social Worker

Note: 19 candidates are in the race to win the coveted post of Deputy Mayor from Ranchi.

Fact file of State’s biggest ULB

  • Total number of wards – 53
  • Total number of ward councilors contesting civic poll – 462
  • Ward with maximum number of contestants – Ward 10 (31 contestants)
  • Ward with minimum candidates – Ward 47 (Two contestants)
  • Number of women contestant – 206
  • Ward with maximum women contestant –Ward 49 (15 females are gearing up to give tough competition to each other)
  • Ward with least or no women candidate - No female contenders will fight election from wards – 1, 2, 14 and 21.
  • Number of polling booths – 798
  • Number of male voters – 4,29,217