Senior Congress leader Giribala Behera is the Mayor candidate for the party for the upcoming Urban Local Body (ULB) elections. Earlier, the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) had named Rajya Sabha MP Subash Chandra Singh as the party’s nominee for the post in Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC).
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BJP Names Actor Sritam Das As Its CMC Mayor Candidate
A day before the last date for filing of the nominations, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday named actor-turned-politician Sritam Das as the party’s Mayor candidate for the Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC). The announcement was made by Cuttack Nagar BJP president Lalatendu Badu.
Senior Congress leader Giribala Behera is the Mayor candidate for the party for the upcoming Urban Local Body (ULB) elections.
Earlier, the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) had named Rajya Sabha MP Subash Chandra Singh as the party’s nominee for the post in Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC). BJD supremo and chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday announced the names of candidates for mayor posts of three municipal corporations which are set to go to polls on March 24.
While State Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities Sulochana Das has been announced the BJD’s mayor candidate for Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC), Rajya Sabha MP Subash Chandra Singh will be the party’s nominee for the post in Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC).
Sanghamitra Dalei, president of the women’s wing for Ganjam district, has been nominated as the candidate for Berhampur Municipal Corporation (BeMC).
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