Shimla: Polling is underway on Tuesday for the Shimla Municipal Corporation, certainly one of India`s oldest civic our bodies, for its 34 wards with 102 candidates within the fray for the competition that’s primarily between the ruling Congress and the opposition BJP. The votes shall be counted on Thursday.
Electors may very well be seen reaching polling stations even earlier than voting began. An election official instructed IANS there was no report of any delay in beginning the ballot course of. A complete of 93,920 voters, comprising 44,161 girls, will train their franchise. Half of the wards have been reserved for ladies.
The BJP has fielded girls candidates from 23 wards, whereas the Congress from 18. Both events are contesting from all 34 wards. The AAP and CPI(M) have fielded candidates from 21 and 4 seats, respectively.
While Congress has promised to introduce insurance policies for a uniform tax regime for each outdated and merged areas, the BJP promised to offer 40,000 liters of free water to each family a month.
The five-year time period of the Municipal Corporation had led to June 2022 however the election couldn’t be held as a result of a court docket case that challenged the delimitation of wards. The earlier BJP authorities had elevated the variety of wards from 34 to 41.
(*34*) coming to energy, the Congress authorities in January abolished the seven new wards. In the 2017 elections, the BJP wrested the civic physique from the Congress for the primary time in 32 years, profitable 17 wards. The Congress received 12 wards, the CPI(M) one, and the Independents 4.
