Raipur. Bharatiya Janata Party has finally announced its long awaited candidates for the urban body elections. The party has placed its bet on female candidates in five corporations and male candidates in five for the post of mayor. Here we are introducing you to the male candidates declared for Jagdalpur, Raigarh, Rajnandgaon, Chirmiri. Also read: Municipal body elections 2025: BJP announced candidates in 10 municipal corporations, Minal Choubey from Raipur, know the names of candidates of other corporations…
Sanjay Pandey – Jagdalpur
BJP has made Sanjay Pandey its candidate for the post of Mayor in Jagdalpur Municipal Corporation. After Sanjay Pandey got the ticket, a large number of workers reached the BJP office to congratulate him.
Let us tell you that BJP was in control of Jagdalpur Municipal Corporation for the first 10 years, but for the last decade, Congress has been the mayor of the Municipal Corporation. After being made the mayor candidate by BJP, Sanjay Pandey said that the mayor of the Municipal Corporation has been of Congress for the last 9 years, during which Congress did not do any work in the corporation.
Jagdish Ramu Rohra – Dhamtari
BJP has authorized Jagdish Ramu Rohra for the post of Mayor of Municipal Corporation of Dhamtari district in Chhattisgarh. 51 year old Jagdish Ramu Rohra is a resident of Vivekananda Nagar in Dhamtari city.
Talking about the political journey of B.Com graduate Jagdish Ramu Rohra, he has been working as a BJP worker since 2003. Was the district treasurer of the party from 2010 to 2015. Was BJP District President from 2015 to 2019. He remained the state minister from 2019 to 2024. He is the State General Secretary of BJP from 2024. In this way, by declaring Jagdish Rohra as its candidate, BJP has remembered his 22 years of dedication.
Jeevardhan Chauhan – Raigarh
BJP has declared Jeevardhan Chauhan as its candidate for the post of mayor reserved for Scheduled Caste (Exempt) of Raigarh Municipal Corporation. Jeevardhan Chauhan is one of the old workers of BJP.
Jeevardhan Chauhan, resident of Sonkar Para, Railway Colony, Raigarh, took membership of BJP in 1996, after which he was made the ward president in 1998. After joining the BJYM City Executive in 2004, he was appointed City Minister in the organization in 2005, City Vice President in 2006, City General Secretary in 2008 and City President of the organization in 2011. From 2023 to 2024, he also held other responsibilities along with being State Minister, SC Morcha and District BJP Working Committee member.
Madhusudan Yadav – Rajnandgaon
Bharatiya Janata Party has once again approved the name of Madhusudan Yadav for the post of Mayor in Rajnandgaon Corporation. Madhusudan Yadav, close to former Chief Minister and Assembly Speaker Dr. Raman Singh, started his political career as councilor of Ward 8 of the city. After this he became mayor, MLA and then MP.
Seeing Madhusudan Yadav’s commitment towards the party, his name has once again been approved for mayor. Before this, Madhusudan Yadav’s name was also discussed in the MP election.
Ram Naresh Rai – Chirmiri
Bharatiya Janata Party has put its seal of approval on the name of Ram Naresh Rai for the post of Mayor in Chirmiri Municipal Corporation. Many names had come forward for the post of Mayor, which included names like Abhay Jaiswal, Damru Behera, Raju Nayak, Shripat Rai. But the party has expressed its confidence in Ram Naresh Rai.