All-out efforts to woo voters in Bhagalpur

Bhagalpur: Candidates for the posts of mayor, deputy mayor and councillor were seen making all-out efforts to woo voters on Sunday as the campaigning will come to an end for Bhagalpur Municipal Corporation (BMC) election at 5pm on Monday.
Major contestants for the post of BMC mayor are Dr Bashundhara Lal (a gynaecologist), outgoing mayor Seema Saha, Savita Devi, Pratima Devi, Gazala Parween, Rafat Bano, Khushboo Kumari, Shweta Priyadarshini and Amrita Raj.
Among those in the race for deputy mayor post are Omnath Bharti, Kavita Rai, Chotey Lal Kumar, Neha Kumari, Bhagirath Sah, Santosh Kumar, Salauddin Ahsan (principal of Muslim Minority College), Subodh Mandal, Anup Lal Sah and Ashish Ranjan.
Bhagalpur became municipal council in 1864 and municipal corporation on April 15, 1981. This is the first time that direct elections are held for the posts of mayor and deputy mayor.