Three sitting MLAs, a spouse each of a sitting MLA and a former MLA, and many either holding organisational posts or related to those who do: Udaipur Chintan Shivir proposals such as ‘one person, one post’ and ‘one family, one ticket’ seemed to have taken a back seat in the list of mayoral candidates announced by the Congress for the civic body elections in Madhya Pradesh.
Earlier on Thursday evening, the party announced its list for 15 of the 16 municipal corporations that go to polls, alongside other urban bodies, next month. The Bharatiya Janata Party, which is ruling all the 16 corporations, is yet to announce its list.
Among the 15, Sanjay Shukla from Indore, Siddharth Kushwaha from Satna and Mahesh Parmar from Ujjain are sitting MLAs. Shobha Sikarwar from Gwalior is the wife of MLA Satish Sikarwar while Nidhi Jain (wife of former MLA Sunil Jain) has been fielded from Sagar. These selections have raised eyebrows with allegations of nepotism and favouritism coming to haunt the Congress, both from within as well as the BJP.
