Bhopal, Jun 14 (PTI) Madhya Pradesh BJP on Tuesday declared a list of mayoral candidates for 13 municipal corporations, including Bhopal.

Also Read | Rajasthan Quota Issue: National Highway-21 Blocked for 3rd Day, Internet Suspension Extended in 4 Tehsils of Bharatpur.

Also Read | PM Narendra Modi Inaugurates Jal Bhushan Building and Gallery of Revolutionaries at Raj Bhawan in Mumbai.

The BJP has fielded former corporator, Malati Rai, from Bhopal against Congress' Vibha Patel, a former mayor.

The list names 13 candidates including those from Bhopal and Jabalpur.

Dr Jitendra Jamdar is the BJP nominee from Jabalpur, Meena Jatav from Morena, Sangeeta Tiwari from Sagar, Prabodh Vyas from Rewa, Yogesh Tamrakar from Satna, Chandrapratap Vishwakarma from Singrauli, Jyoti Dixit from Katni, Anant Dhurve from Chhindwara, Amrita Yadav from Khandwa, Madhuri Patel from Burhanpur, Mukesh Tatwal from Ujjain and Geeta Agrawal from Dewas.

Altogether, the elections to 347 municipal bodies in MP will be held in two phases.

The first phase of polling for 133 local bodies will be held on July 6. 214 municipalities will go to the polls on July 13, an official said.

Unlike Panchayat elections, the municipal polls will be held on a party basis, he said.

The counting of votes for the first phase will be taken up on July 17 and on July 18 for the second phase, the official added.

(The above story is verified and authored by Press Trust of India (PTI) staff. PTI, India’s premier news agency, employs more than 400 journalists and 500 stringers to cover almost every district and small town in India.. The views appearing in the above post do not reflect the opinions of LatestLY)