Bhubaneswar: The Congress today announced Giribala Behera as its candidate for the post of Mayor of Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC).
The decision was taken at the first meeting of the committee authorized by the party for finalizing candidates for the upcoming urban local body polls in the State. The meeting held at the Congress Bhawan here was chaired by senior party leader Narasingha Mishra.
Pradesh Congress Committee president Niranjan Patnaik, party leader Chiranjib Biswal and 20 others attended the meeting.
While the committee has also finalized the names of the candidates for the posts of corporators for Cuttack, the names will be announced within two days.
