After the struggle for ticket in the civic body elections, finally the picture of the candidates of Bhilai, Risali and Bhilai-Charoda Corporations along with Jamul Municipality has become clear with both BJP and Congress announcing the names of candidates for the various wards of BMC, RMC, BCMC and Jamul Municipality.

After the selection of the candidate, the resentment of the claimants has also come to fore openly in many wards in these urban bodies. There is also a protest in some wards regarding the criteria set by both the major parties regarding ticket distribution. There is controversy especially over the imposition of outside candidates in some wards. Many claimants who have not got the party ticket have lit the torch of rebellion.

On Thursday and Friday, many peeved claimants filed their nomination as an independent candidate.

Many veterans were sitting in the hope of tickets, but after the announcement of the candidates, there was disappointment in their faces. Many aspirants who had become active in their wards recently on the hope of getting party ticket got disappointment as the party did not consider them for the ticket. Also due to the change in boundaries after delimitation, some councillors have to contest elections from other wards.

At the same time, the pain of imposition of outside candidates is also being seen in some wards. Here the issue of local and outsider is being given an air.

There are also allegations that, in some wards such candidates have been fielded, who are not known to the people leave alone the party workers.

The resentment of the party workers in some wards is so high that the party leadership is trying to placate the party workers and normalise the situation. There is also protest against the ticket distribution in some wards, but the party leaders are of the view that the situation will get normal once the electioneering pick up and the party workers will join in the campaign to make the party candidate victorious.

Such disputes regarding tickets are part of democratic election. However, the peeved party workers filing nominations in RMC, BCMC and Jamul Municipality in large numbers and contesting as inde