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The city seems set to witness an interesting multi-cornered contest for the coveted mayor post, currently held by Abhilasha Gupta Nandi of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)...
Among those fielded by major parties in the race, the richest is Ajay Srivastava of the Samajwadi Party (SP) while the BJPs Ganesh Kesarwani has the least assets..
The Bahujan Samaj Partys Saeed Ahmed and the Aam Aadmi Partys Mohamad Qadeer also own assets worth crores of rupees...
The BJP-fielded Kesarwani, a former district president of the party, was picked over the sitting mayor, Abhilasha Gupta Nandi--the wife of state cabinet minister Nand Gopal Gupta Nandi--despite her winning the previous two elections, one of which (2012) was as an independent candidate...
Similarly, the contests for the 100 wards of the Prayagraj Municipal Corporation will be fought by 908 candidates; 64 aspirants are vying for the posts of president in the eight nagar panchayats, and 520 others for the posts of members in the civic bodies...
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