Ranjit Singh Jiti Padiala is Kurali MC chief

Mohali, April 15

Ranjit Singh Jiti Padiala was today elected the president of the Kurali Municipal Council for two and a half years.

Padiala is a close aide of former Punjab minister Jagmohan Singh Kang. He was elected with the support of lone BJP councillor Lakhvir Singh Lucky.

Independent councillor Simran Kaur was elected as the vice-president.

Of the 17 wards in Kurali, the Congress had won nine seats while the SAD managed to win only two and BJP one. Independent candidates won five seats. The elections were held on February 14, the results of which were declared on February 17.

Sub-divisional magistrate Himanshu Jain administered the oath to all 17 councillors, followed by elections to the post of the president and vice-president. Two factions of the Congress had nominated Ranjit Singh Jiti of Kang group and Bhavana Sharma of the Balbir Singh Sidhu group for the post of president. Both got eight votes each but Lucky supported Jiti.

In the last term, the SAD-BJP alliance had won nine seats, Congress six and two seats were won by Independents, who later joined the SAD. — TNS