Dehradun: With the announcement of the date for the local bodies’ polls, BJP and Congress started giving final shapes to the list of their candidates.
The local bodies’ elections will be held on January 23. The date for the counting of votes is fixed as January 25. The state election commission has issued notification in this regard. The model code of conduct has come into force. The elections will be held for 11 Municipal Corporations, 43 Municipalities and 46 Nagar Panchayats.
Politically significant for both the ruling BJP and the opposition Congress
Local bodies’ elections are politically significant for both the ruling BJP and the opposition Congress in the state. While BJP wants to continue its political grip over the state by putting up a good show in the local bodies’ elections, the Congress struggles to regain its lost ground.
BJP to hold a two-day meeting to give final shape to its list of candidates
The observers, who were appointed by the BJP to go to the different areas to collect feedback about potential candidates, have already submitted their reports to the party’s Rajya Chunav Sanchalan Samiti. The party’s senior leaders will soon hold a two-day meeting in Dehradun to consider the names suggested by the observers in their panels. The meeting will be attended by the party’s district presidents, district in-charges, local MLAs, and former MLAs.
On the first day of the meeting, the party leaders will discuss the potential candidates who will be fielded as party nominees in the Kumaon region. The second day will be meant for the local bodies of the Garhwal region.
BJP’s central leadership will decide the names of party candidates for the post of mayors
Sources said the party’s state unit will send the names of potential candidates, who will be fielded as party’s nominees for the post of mayors of Municipal Corporations, to the party’s central leadership.
Congress may release its list on December 28
On the contrary, the Congress is under plan to release the names of its candidates for different local bodies by the end of December 28. The party has also conducted its internal survey to select potential candidates. Like the BJP, the Congress’ high-command will take final decisions on the names of party candidates for the post of mayors.
