For the prestigious post of the mayor of Dehradun Municipal Corporation, several employees’ unions, social organisations and statehood activists have declared the name of general secretary of Uttaranchal bank employees union Jagmohan Mehendiratta.

His candidature is being supported by 20 organisations, claimed those who attended a meeting held at Hindi Bhawan on the day during which the speakers said that with both BJP and Congress having done nothing for Dehradun, they are presenting a candidate with a clean image to contest the mayoral election here.  Mehendiratta was selected as the unanimous candidate of these organisations. 

The convenor of Uttarakhand Mahila Manch and prominent statehood activist Kamla Pant said that Mehendiratta has a clean image and all the positive forces should work together to have him elected. She, further, said that over the last 18 years, both BJP and Congress have taken the people of the state for a ride.

A time has, thus, come to take account of the works done by them, she said. The mayor candidate Mehendiratta said that he would reach out to every section of the society to seek support.

Meanwhile, 26 set of nomination papers have been purchased by 19 candidates for the coveted post of the mayor of Dehradun Municipal Corporation. The prominent BJP leaders who have purchased the nomination papers are Anil Goyal, Puneet Mital and Rajkumar Purohit. Dinesh Agarwal, Neenu Sehgal, Asha Manorama Sharma Dobariyal and Sanjay Bhatt of Congress have also purchased the same.