Gurugram Civic Elections: BJP Shows Trust in Fresh Candidates

Gurugram, Feb 15 (NationPress) The BJP has displayed optimism in selecting new candidates for the forthcoming Municipal Elections. Out of the former councillors, merely five have received tickets. Out of 36 wards, new contenders will be participating in 31 wards.

Earlier today, the BJP revealed the names of the ward councillor candidates for the MCG elections. Rajrani Malhotra will compete for the party's mayoral ticket, which was announced on Friday night.

The list includes former councillors such as Brahm Yadav from Ward 9, Kuldeep Yadav from Ward 11, Aarti Yadav from Ward 24, Anoop Singh from Ward 25, and Dharambir from Ward 28, all of whom have secured BJP tickets.

Additionally, several previous candidates who ran as independents in the 2017 elections have been granted tickets this time. Madhu Batra, the spouse of former senior deputy mayor Yashpal Batra from Ward 30, won as an independent in 2017, while Dilip Kumar Sahni has received a ticket from Ward 31.

In 2017, Rajni, his wife, ran as an independent and triumphed over Geeta Rani of BJP by a margin of 2,984 votes. Sheetal Bagdi from Ward 33 and Rekha Saini, the spouse of former councillor Dinesh Saini from Ward 36, have also been awarded BJP tickets.

Dinesh Saini won as an independent candidate in 2017 from Ward 8 by 98 votes. Similarly, Sheetal Bagdi also achieved victory as an independent.

During the 2017 MC elections, the BJP secured 14 candidates on their tickets. However, this time many have not been granted tickets. Shankutala Yadav won from Ward 2 on a BJP ticket with a margin of 2010 votes, but the party chose not to nominate her this time.

Likewise, Ravinder Yadav from Ward 3, who won by 1249 votes on a BJP ticket, did not receive a ticket this time. Former Mayor Vimal Yadav's wife, Rimple Yadav, who won by 906 votes from Ward 5, also missed out on a BJP nomination.

Ashwini Sharma from Ward 23 and Sunita from Ward 33, who previously won on BJP tickets, are not running under the party banner this time.

In the 2017 elections, the BJP claimed 14 out of 35 seats. Due to Congress not contesting on its symbol, many independent candidates emerged victorious, with many later joining the BJP, leading to a total of 27 members in the corporation.

The list released includes Sunder Singh from Ward 1, Jyotsna from Ward 2, Pawan Yadav from Ward 3, Sandeep Yadav from Ward 4, Rakesh Rana from Ward 5, Ekta Tyagi from Ward 6, Mukesh Kaushik from Ward 7, Naresh Kataria from Ward 8, Brahma Yadav from Ward 9, and Ajit Yadav from Ward 10.

Furthermore, Kuldeep Yadav from Ward 11, Seema from Ward 12, Pawan Saini from Ward 13, Pratham Vashishth from Ward 14, Bharti Harsana from Ward 15, Vikram Jeet from Ward 16, Aanchal Bhati from Ward 17, Priya from Ward 18, Amit Raj Singh Bhadana from Ward 19, Narayan Bhadana from Ward 20, Sonia Yadav from Ward 21, Vikas Yadav from Ward 22, Kuldeep Yadav from Ward 23, Aarti Yadav from Ward 24, and Anoop from Ward 25 have all been nominated by the BJP.

Sunita Rani from Ward 26, Chanchal Kaushik from Ward 27, Dharamveer from Ward 28, Usha from Ward 29, Madhu Batra from Ward 29, Dilip Kumar Sahni from Ward 30, Vijay Parmar from Ward 31, Sheetal Bagdi from Ward 33, Surekha Chauhan, Varun Kaushik from Ward 35, and Rekha Saini from Ward 36 have all received BJP tickets.

Meanwhile, on Saturday, 21 candidates submitted their nominations for the MC elections in Municipal Corporation Manesar, while 15 candidates filed their nominations in Municipal Corporation Gurugram. No candidates from the Municipal Corporations have put forth their nominations for the mayor position.