Mandi, January 18
Trilok Chand, brother of Mandi MP Ramswaroop Sharma, lost the Jalpehar Gram Panchayat election yesterday.
Trilok Chand had contested from ward number-3 but lost to his rival Harnam Singh by 20 votes.
Similarly, in Seraj, Congress leader Chetram Thakur also suffered a major setback. His loyalist Tek Singh, block president of the Seraj Congress, lost to BJP-supported Devi Ram. Tek Singh had contested election for the post of pradhan from Deodhar panchayat.
A couple was elected as pradhan and up-pradhan of Shala Gram Panchayat. Minakshi, wife of Raj Kumar, had been elected as pradhan while her husband was up-pradhan. — TNS
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