Close win in Zirakpur, Dera Bassi

Gaurav Kanthwal

Tribune News Service

Zirakpur, February 17

Shiromani Akali Dal candidate from Ward No. 10 Jagdev Singh Peermuchalla has won against the Congress candidate Harsh Rishi by five votes (421-416). Thirteen voters pressed NOTA in this ward.

Another SAD candidate, Jaswinder Kaur, beat the Congress’ Paramjit Kaur by five votes (583-578) in Ward No.1 of Dera Bassi. Eighteen votes went to NOTA.

The biggest margin of win in the Zirakpur Municipal Council was in Ward No. 14 where Congress candidate Harjit Singh Minta defeated the SAD candidate by a margin of 1,204 votes (1456-252). Minta is tipped to get a plum post in the council.

Among the prominent candidates, Congress candidate from Ward No. 12 of Zirakpur Udayvir Singh Dhillon defeated Dilbagh Singh (SAD) by 389 votes (789-400). Udayvir, son of Dera Bassi Congress in-charge Deepinder Singh Dhillon, was contesting the MC elections for the first time. He is tipped as the next MC chief.

Dharminder Sharma of SAD (Ward No. 18) and Yadwinder Sharma (Ward No. 22), both brothers of Dera Bassi MLA NK Sharma, also registered comprehensive wins, defeating their nearest rivals by 209 and 356 votes respectively. However, SAD’s Kulwinder Sohi, former president of Zirakpur municipal council, lost to the Congress candidate by 516 votes in Ward No. 4.

In Ward No. 8, the SAD candidate won by a margin of 38 votes while in Ward No. 13, the Congress candidate Gurpreet Kaur won by 52 votes.