Ranjit Singh Reddy Dera Bassi MC president, Jagtar Singh Kamboj to head Banur civic body

Sanjay Bumbroo

Tribune News Service

Mohali, April 9

Ranjit Singh Reddy and Jagtar Singh Kamboj of the Congress have been elected as presidents of the Dera Bassi and Banur municipal councils, respectively, today.

The Congress managed to win the top seats from the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) after a decade. The elections to the councils were held on February 14, the results of which were declared on February 18.

The newly elected councillors were first administered the oath following which the elections of the presidents of the two MCs took place.

In Dera Bassi, the elections were conducted by area SDM Kuldeep Bawa while Mohali SDM Jagdeep Sehgal looked after the poll in Banur.

A close aide of Congress leader Deepinder Singh Dhillon, Ranjit Singh assured that the development of all wards would be equally done in the areas falling under the Dera Bassi MC and added that all councillors would be taken along for the development of the town.

The elections to be posts of senior vice-president and vice-president of the Dera Bassi civic body will be held during the next meeting of the House.

Kamboj, who had won the election as councillor for the second time, said he, in coordination with all councillors, would try to change the face of Banur and assured to provide all basic amenities to the residents of the town. Jagdish Chand Kala was elected as the vice-president of the civic body.

It is pertinent to mention here that the Dera Bassi Assembly constituency remained a stronghold of former Cabinet minister late Capt Kanwaljit Singh and NK Sharma of the SAD is currently the MLA from the constituency. Of the total 19 seats in the Dera Bassi MC, the Congress won 13 seats, SAD three, two went to the Independents and the BJP bagged one seat. AAP failed to open an account.

Similarly, the Congress bagged 12 of the total 13 seats in the Banur MC. Even though the SAD had fielded eight candidates, it managed to win only one seat. AAP had also fielded seven candidates but failed to open account while the BJP did not contest the elections as it failed to find candidates in view of the farmers’ protest over the three contentious farm laws.