Akali rebel Karwal elected Adampur MC president

Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, April 22

The Congress leadership picked Shiromani Akali Dal rebel Darshan Singh Karwal (55) for the post of Adampur municipal council chief in the unanimously held elections here on Thursday.

While Bhupinder Singh Bhinda was picked as senior vice-president, Krishna Devi got elected as the vice-president. While the name of the president was proposed by councillor Amrik Singh, the other two names were proposed by councillors Veena Chodha and Bhupinder Singh. The elections were held in the presence of SDM-1 Jai Inder Singh.

A prominent leader from Adampur, Karwal had contested from Ward No.6. He had created his own group for the 13-member council in the town that managed to get 12 seats. Darshan Karwal is a three-time councillor. His younger brother Harjinder Singh Karwal too has been re-elected from Ward No.8.

The Karwals had switched to the Congress owing to his differences with sitting Akali MLA Pawan Tinu but he chose not to contest on the party symbol ‘Hand’. The group had instead fought on the symbol ‘tractor’. Senior Congress leaders, including ex-minister Mahinder Singh Kaypee and ex-MLA Kanwaljit S Lally, attended the oath-taking ceremony today.

Presenting his agenda, the new MC chief said: “We will ensure an overall development of the town with projects, such as high-mast lights, CCTV cameras, implementation of PM Awas Yojna and the MC’s own shopping complex as the first few projects to start with.”