Sudarshan Joshi elected Raikot civic body president

Our Correspondent

Raikot, April 15

Sudarshan Joshi ‘Darshi’ and Ranjit Kaur were today unanimously elected as president and vice-president, respectively, of the Raikot Municipal Council.

While all the elected councillors participated in the election process, associate member of the civic body Jagtar Singh Hissowal abstained from the proceedings.

The SDM, Raikot, Dr Himanshu Gupta, said all the 15 councillors, elected on the Congress ticket, were administered oath before starting the process for filling posts of president and vice-president.

Paying gratitude to his fellow councillors for posing faith in him, second-time chief of the council Sudarshan Joshi said maintenance and developments works in each ward would be undertaken without any discrimination during his tenure.

Fatehgarh MP Dr Amar Singh Boparai, who reached the office of the Municipal Council to greet newly elected office-bearers, said the best efforts would be made to bring grants for development projects as and when suggested by the councillors of the civic body.

Kaamil Boparai, Jagpreet Singh Buttar, executive officer Amrinder Singh, former president Jaswant Singh, former president Mohan Lal Goyal, Manjit Kaur, Muhammad Imran Khan, Sharanjit Kaur, Vijay Rani, Gurdas Maan, Sukhwinder Kaur, Rajinder Singh Raju, Kamaljt Verma, Uma Rani, Baljinder Singh Rimpa, Jasvir Kaur, Sukhwinder Singh Grewal and Gurjant Singh (all councillors) greeted the newly elected office-bearers of the council.