Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) media department head KK Mishra said that the BJP is frightening the electorates by saying that since they are in power in Madhya Pradesh and at the Centre, they would not release funds to those urban bodies where Congress emerge victorious.
No increase in property tax for next 5 years; houses up to 500 square feet to be free from property tax; no daily tax collection from cart owners, street vendors and small traders
Congress has now fielded Rajesh Bathli in place of Mahesh Sharma from ward 20 (unreserved). Sharma had expressed his desire not to contest the election, so youth leader Bathli has been given a chance from this ward.