Countdown for ZP top posts begins in Solan

Tribune News Service

Solan, January 24

Countdown for securing the post of chairman and vice chairman of the zila parishad has begun in Solan district where seven independents hold the key. There were total 17 seats in the ZP.

Notably, the BJP has bagged seven seats and their four BJP rebels - Asha Parihar, Amar Singh Thakur, Rina Devi and Kamlesh Pawar - also registered victories against the official nominees. The Congress could win merely three seats. Both parties were making efforts to rope in the remaining three independents.

In a bid to secure the maximum support, the BJP leaders have roped in a Congress-supported candidate Sarbjit Kaur, who had won from the Manjholi ward.

She was inducted into the party in the presence of BJP’s state in-charge Avinash Rai Khanna and district president Ashutosh Vaid at Nalagarh today. BJP leaders also claimed to have secured the support of another independent candidate from the Nalagarh belt.

Leaving no stone unturned to secure the two top posts, the BJP leaders have already established contact with those elected as independents to secure their support.

Since several senior BJP leaders had won as independents, it remains to be seen who would be chosen for the coveted posts of chairman and vice chairman.

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