Tribhank Dutt Airy elected chief of Garhshankar MC

Our Correspondent

Garhshankar, April 22

Tribhank Dutt Airy of the Congress, Som Nath Bangar of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Bimla Devi of the BSP were unanimously elected as president, senior vice-president and vice-president of the Garhshankar Municipal Council (MC), respectively.

During this, AAP MLA Jai Krishna Rody also gave his consent. The councillors were elected under the supervision of SDM Garhshankar Harbans Singh.

Deepak Kumar proposed the name of Tribhank Dutt Airy for the post of president which was seconded by Karnail Singh. Deepak Kumar also proposed Som Nath Bangar for the post of senior vice- president and Karnail Singh seconded his name, while Sumit Soni proposed the name of Bimla Devi for the post of vice-president, which was endorsed by Som Nath Bangar.

Newly-elected president Tribhank Dutt Airy said the development of the city would be his priority. Airy also expressed gratitude towards all councillors for peaceful election. Som Nath Bangar said his first priority would be development and clean administration.

BJP draws a blank

It was for the first time in the Municipal Council election that the BJP could not muster a single win. The Akali Dal supported candidate had won as an independent and since there was no option left, she also found it better to agree for consensus. Aam Aadmi Party’s senior leader Som Nath Bangar, who won as councillor for the sixth time, managed to become senior vice-president. The Bahujan Samaj Party’s first-time councillor Bimla Devi got the post of vice-president.

Two sarpanches lose wallets

Somebody picked the wallets of two sanpanches, who had come to congratulate the newly-elected president and other office-bearers. The wallets of Garhshankar block committee chairperson’s husband Kuldeep Singh Dhillon, who is sarpanch of Chakk Singha village, and Rajinder Singh, sarpanch of Bhajjlan village, were picked in the ceremony. They came to know about it as soon as they left the venue. Sarpanch Kuldeep Dhillon told that he had to go to Chandigarh in connection with some family work. The wallet contained Rs 35,000 and some important documents. Sarpanch Rajinder Singh Bhajjalan said that he had only Rs 250 in his wallet, besides PAN card, Aadhaar, ATMs and other important documents. SHO Iqbal Singh said that culprits would be apprehended with help of CCTV footage.

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