105 candidates file nominations for PMC elections

Patna: As many as 272 candidates filed their nominations for Patna Nagar Nigam, Nagar Prishad and Nagar Panchayat elections on Wednesday in the district. Among them 155 were women and rest 117 were men.

In Patna Municipal Corporation, 105 candidates filed their nominations from different wards on Wednesday and among them 61 were women.

The nominations will continue till May 9.

In Patna district there are 9 urban bodies. They are Patna Nagar Nigam, Nagar Parishad Phulwari, Nagar Parishad Danapur, Nagar Parishad Khagaul, Nagar Parishad Barh, Nagar Parishad Mokama, Nagar Parishad Mashaurih, Nagar Parishad Bakhtiyarpur and Nagar Panchayat Maner.

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Resentment over change in polling booth location

Patna, April 18, 2017: Local residents of ward number 36 staged dharna under the banner of Jan Jagran Manch in protest against shifting of polling booth for forthcoming Corporation election at Lohanipur crossing on Tuesday.

They said the booth has been shifted far away from locality without any reason and it would create hardship to the voters.

They said they would continue their agitation if the earlier system was not implemented.

Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui