Himachal BJP chief Suresh Kashyap’s sister elected Nahan MC chief

Solan, January 19

State BJP president Suresh Kashyap’s sister Shyama Pundir was elected president of the Nahan municipal committee (MC) and Avinash Gupta was elected vice-president in Nahan today.

Eight BJP-supported members and five Congress-supported members participated in the elections. Though the BJP had the majority votes, the Congress put up a token contest where Shruti Chauhan and Yogesh Gupta were, respectively, fielded as president and vice-president candidates. The BJP-supported candidates secured eight votes each while the Congress-backed persons lagged behind with a mere five votes.

Since the post of president was reserved for a scheduled caste woman, Pundir was the obvious choice as she was the lone woman from this community among the BJP-supported candidates who had won. — TNS