Cakewalk for Cong in Palampur MC

Our Correspondent

Palampur, April 13

Congress councillors Punam Bali and Anish Nag were elected Mayor and Deputy Mayor of the Palampur Municipal Corporation (MC) today.

The Congress had won 11 of the 17 wards. This time, the post of Mayor was reserved for woman Scheduled Caste candidate. The Congress has support of one Independent councillor too.

The election was overseen by senior Congress leaders Kaul Singh, Asha Kumari and DCC president Ajay Mahajan, who had a closed-door meeting with the elected councillors to ensure their consensus. In the formal meeting at the corporation office, all members raised hands in favour of Bali and Nag. Earlier, in a simple function held in the office of Municipal Commissioner, all 15 councillors took oath. The ADC, Kangra, presided over the function.

Briefing mediapersons, Ashish Butail, local Congress MLA, said the newly elected councillors had a big challenge at hand as the people had reposed faith in the Congress. “They now have to shoulder the responsibility of developing the infrastructure and provide better civic amenities to the people,” said Butail.

He hoped that the state government would extend full cooperation to the Palampur MC and allocate the required funds.