Nitin Namdev, Raipur. Congress candidate for Raipur South will be announced by this evening. Giving this information, State Congress President Deepak Baij said that he will contest the elections with full strength. Read this also: Police Memorial Day program: Tears of family members welled up while paying tribute to the martyred police personnel.
State Congress President Deepak Baij earlier clarified in the discussion with the media that the candidate for Raipur South Assembly by-election has not been decided yet. The name will be announced by this evening. At the same time, all senior leaders have also been given the responsibility of wards for the elections. Apart from this, responsibility has also been given to councillors, shadow councillors.
Sunil Soni candidate from BJP
Let us tell you that by-election will be held on November 13 on Raipur South seat, which became vacant after BJP leader Brijmohan Aggarwal became MP. After intense brainstorming, BJP has declared former MP Sunil Soni as its candidate. But Congress has not yet been able to decide its candidate to break into this stronghold of BJP.
17 nominations have been sold
Nine nomination papers were purchased on Saturday for Raipur South Assembly by-election. With this, 17 candidates have purchased 17 nominations. Those who bought nominations include Suraj Yadav from BJP, Dayaram Medhe from Congress, independent Jitendra Sharma, Mahendra Kumar Bagh, Sushma Aggarwal, Prakash Kumar Oraon, Akash Tiwari, Mohammad Anwar Rizvi, Shabista Khan. The last date for submitting nomination applications is 25th October.