U.P. civic polls: 13 in the fray for Aligarh mayor’s post

Six flying squads and 10 stationary surveillance teams are being deployed to keep an eye on campaigning to ensure compliance with directives issued by the state election commission

Thirteen candidates are in fray for the post of mayor in Aligarh where the civic polls will be held in the second phase on May 11. Two candidates Rakshpal Singh and Aga Mohammad Yunus, who were both independents, withdrew their names on Thursday while nomination paper of one other was rejected during scrutiny. In all, 16 candidates had filed their papers to contest for the mayor’s post in Aligarh.

Aligarh district election officer Indra Vikram Singh presided during a meeting he held on April 27 to discuss civic polls in state. (HT photo)

Meanwhile, Aligarh district election officer Indra Vikram Singh presided over a meeting held on April 27 to ensure free, fair and smooth election process in the district. Singh directed video and surveillance teams to maintain a vigil.

“Cash of more than 2 lakh will be seized if no documentary support is shown about it. Candidates should ensure spending within permissible limits because records reflecting expenditure during election campaign will be tallied after election gets over,” Singh said.

“Six flying squads and 10 stationary surveillance teams are being deployed to keep an eye on campaigning to ensure compliance with directives issued by the state election commission,” he said. Singh further said the expenditure limit for a mayoral candidate was ₹40 lakh while was ₹3 lakh for a candidate for a corporator’s post.