Chandigarh: BJP to release list of candidates for civic body election today

Insiders maintained the leaders will sit once again at the party headquarters before releasing the names of the candidates.

As per the report, while the average assets declared by candidates since 2004 stood at Rs 3.5 crore, the average figure of assets for elected MPs and MLAs was at Rs 11.42 crore. (File photo)

The Chandigarh unit of BJP is all set to release the list of party candidates for the upcoming Municipal Corporation election on Wednesday evening, a senior party officer said.

A meeting of senior party leaders, including local unit chief Arun Sood, state BJP president Sanjay Tandon and Chandigarh MC election in-charge, Vinod Tawde, was held at party headquarters, Kamlam, in the morning. Insiders maintained that the three leaders will sit once again at the party headquarters before releasing the names of the candidates.

Sources said, “New faces with strong dedication towards the party will be given a chance. Almost all the names for tickets have been finalised. A few names will be released later. There are rumours about the participation of Arun Sood’s wife in the election. Sood is himself not in favour of this. He did not propose the names of any of his family members. His wife is a government employee.”

City BJP chief Arun Sood said, “The list will be released today around 9 pm.” The last date for filing the nominations is December 4. The scrutiny of nominations will be held on December 6 and the last date of withdrawal is December 9. The election will be held on December 24. This time, the wards have been increased from 26 to 35. There are about 6,30,311 voters in Chandigarh and the administration has decided to set up 694 polling stations.

Saurabh Parashar

Saurabh Parashar is a journalist with The Indian Express, where he primarily covers developments in Himachal Pradesh. He has been associated with The Indian Express since 2017 and has earlier worked with The Times of India. He has 17 year + experience in the field of print journalism. An alumnus of Government College for Men, Sector 11, (Panjab University), Chandigarh, Saurabh holds a Diploma in Journalism from Bhartiya Vidya Bhawan, Chandigarh. He pursued his Master’s in Mass Communication from Guru Jambheshwar University of Science & Technology, Hisar. In addition, he completed his law degree from Himachal Pradesh University (HPU), Shimla. ... Read More

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