BJP all set to hold power in Una urban bodies

Our Correspondent

Una, January 11

The BJP-supported candidates secured majority wins in five out of six Urban Local Bodies of the district elections to which were held on Sunday. Consequently, the party in power is all set to grab the posts of chairpersons and vice-chairpersons in all Urban bodies.

In only one out of the six Urban bodies, which is Nagar Panchayat Daulatpur chowk, the BJP and Congress managed to get two seats each, but with three independents securing victories, the BJP has an upper hand to get their candidates elected for the posts of chairperson and vice-chairperson since the party wields power in the state and independents can sway in favour of the BJP.

In Una Assembly segment, where chairman of the state Finance Commission Satpal Singh Satti leads the party, there are three Urban Local Bodies, namely Una, Mehatpur-Basdehra and Santoshgarh Municipal Committees. In Una, having a total of 11 municipal wards, six BJP-supported candidates won as against five of the Congress.

In Mehatpur-Basdehra, six BJP supported and three Congress candidates won in a house of nine, while at Santoshgarh, seven BJP and two Congress supported candidates won in a house of nine. Among the three nagar panchayats, Tahliwal has seven wards, where the BJP won four, Congress won two and one seat went to an independent candidate.

At Gagret Nagar panchayat, five seats went in favour of BJP candidates and two were independents. Satpal Satti said the mandate given to the party in the elections is clear in favour of the BJP government and proves that the performance of the Jai Ram Thakur-led government has been good during the past three years.