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PRAYAGRAJ: The candidates of Samajwadi Party (SP) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) filed nomination papers for the post of ‘block pramukh’ in 23 and 21 blocks, respectively, of the Prayagraj district at the block development offices concerned.
The nomination process began at 11am and candidates filed their nomination till 3am. Adequate security arrangements were made at all 23 block offices concerned and candidates were asked to follow Covid-19 protocols strictly. The polling will be held on July 10.
District authorities, meanwhile, informed that a total of 60 candidates filed their nominations at 23 blocks and one of them was rejected in Kaudhiyara block.
With this, a total of 59 candidates including Meja (3), Urwa (2), Baharia (3), Koraon (3), Jasra (2), Bahadurpur (4), Saidabad (3), Kaudhiyara (2), Karchana (2),Mauaima (2), Dhanupur (2), Kaurihar (4), Soroan (3), Handia (4), Manda (2), Pratappur (2), Phulpur (3), Shankargarh (2), Chaka (2), Holagarh (2), Sashoo(3), Shringverpur (2) and Bhagwatpur (2) are in fray for the post of block pramukh.