MUMBAI, Dec. 30 -- Four former mayors, Vishakha Raut, Shraddha Jadhav, Milind Vaidya and Kishori Pednekar (all Shiv Sena-UBT); former opposition leader in the BMC, Ravi Raja, who quit the Congress to join the BJP; Tejaswini Ghosalkar, recently inducted into the BJP from the Sena (UBT); and BJP spokesperson Navnath Ban, were among those fielded by their respective political parties for the high-stakes, January 15 municipal elections. While the Shiv Sena was slow off the blocks, with aspirants waiting for tickets till late on Monday, the Congress declared its first list of 87 candidates. The party has repeated only four names from corporators elected during the last BMC polls. Significantly, several politicians across parties secured tickets for relatives, leaving other aspirants in their parties fuming. Fearing rebellion by aspirants who are being denied tickets, some parties are directly handing out nomination letters to the candidates. The deadline for filing nominations is 5pm on Tuesday. The BJP informed 97 candidates of their nomination, most of whom filed their papers on Monday. Only 24 former corporators were given tickets. Neil Somaiya, son of senior BJP leader Kirit Somaiya, has also been fielded for the election. With a tough election looming, Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray has fielded around 100 candidates so far, among them several senior party members who have served as corporators. They included four former mayors, including Kishori Pednekar was mayor when the term of the last civic house ended in 2017. Thackeray also fielded sons and daughters of party MLAs and senior leaders. The Sena (UBT)'s list is likely to feature some Muslim candidates as well. The first list had two. Besides Sabah Khan, former corporator Changez Multani's son Zeeshan was nominated. Multani is a recent entrant to the party. Sena UBT leader Anil Parab and MLA Varun Sardesai were locked in a standoff over party's nominee for Kherwadi. Parab wanted a ticket for Shekhar Waingankar, while Sardesai was rooting for Hari Shastri, son-in-law of the late Sena MLA Shrikant Sarmalkar, who had helped him during the assembly elections. Finally, Parab walked out of the meeting. The ticket was given to Hari Shastri. Compared to other political parties, the Shiv Sena was slow off the blocks in handing out tickets. A large number of aspirants were waiting at Shinde's residence for their nomination letters. Among those who were given party tickets were former MLA Yamini Jadhav, Mangesh Satamkar and Ameya Ghole. Former MLA Sada Sarvankar's son Samadhan was also given a ticket. Party sources said a majority of candidates would be cleared late on Monday. The MNS, contesting the polls along with the Sena (UBT), distributed more than 50 nomination forms on Monday. Mumbai city chief Yashwant Killedar was the first to secure a ticket. MNS sources said the party is not satisfied with the seat distribution as they received just one seat each in their strongholds like Mahim, Worli and Sewri. The rest of the nominations will be given on Tuesday. The Congress declared its first list of 87 candidates on Monday. The list was declared a day after it forged an alliance with the Prakash Ambedkar-led Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA). The party has repeated only four names from the list of corporators elected during the last BMC polls. It will contest 165 seats, allotting 62 seats with the VBA. The first list of party candidates reveals the influence of MLA and former minister Aslam Shaikh, as three members of his family have been given tickets, in addition to two distant relatives. Former corporator Sufiyan Vanu also got two tickets for family. He himself will contest from ward 138 in Mankhurd and his wife Aysha will contest from ward number 179. The Ajit Pawar-led NCP released its second list of 27 candidates on Monday. So far, the party has fielded 64 candidates from 100 seats. The NCP (SP) also declared its first list of seven candidates on Monday....