With 22 seats in kitty, race in Cong for mayor’s post in Phagwara

The Congress, by winning 22 seats and three candidates of its alliance BSP, besides one vote of MLA, will be in a comfortable position to have its own mayor in the Municipal Corporation, Phagwara.  Despite roadshow of the Chief Minister, AAP could win only 12 seats.

The Congress, headed by Phagwara MLA Balwinder Singh Dhaliwal, could perform well due to complete unity in the Congress, while despite claims of unity, the BJP went on facing deep factionalism between two former union ministers, Som Parkash and Vijay Sampla, and on the other hand, the ruling party AAP was seen divided between different groups of halka in-charge Joginder Singh Maan and district president Lalita Saklani, Santosh Kumar Gogi and Improvement Trust Chairman Advocate Kashmir Singh Malhi.

Now the race to become next mayor of the Phagwara MC among winner Congress leaders have begun. Former BCC president Sanjeev Buga, BCC president Munish Parbhakar, Sushil Maini, Seeta Devi, Padam Dev Sudhir (Nikka), Jatinder Vermani and Ram Paul Uppal are seen aspirants to get the prestigious post.

Both Block Congress Committee presidents Taranjit Singh Walia and Munish Parbhakar won for the second time.

Two couples Davinder Sapra-Rupali Sapra (Independent) and Sanjeev Bugga and his wife Neeraj Bugga (Cong) remained the winner.

Former Municipal Committee Phagwara president Malkiat Singh Ragbotra, former BCC president Pawan Sharma (Pappi) and MLA Dhaliwal’s right hand Vinod Vermani lost the election.

Congress won from ward numbers 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8,15, 17, 18, 20, 21, 24, 28, 29, 32, 33, 35, 36, 39, 46, 47and 50. AAP won Ward number 11, 16, 19, 23, 27, 30, 38, 41, 42, 43, 45 and 49 and BJP 3, 6, 22 and 48. SAD won Ward numbers 9, 37, 40; BSP won 14, 25, 34 and Independents 10, 12, 13, 26, 31 and 44.

List of Winners

Ward 1 Sita Devi (INC); 2 Padamdev Sudhir Nikka (INC); 3 Mamta Khosla (BJP) 4 Jatinder Vermani (INC); 5 Deepmala (INC); 6 Biram Ram Baljot (BJP); 7 Pinki Bhatia (INC); 8 Sanjeev Bugga (INC); 9 Kamaljit Kaur (SAD) 10; Harpreet Singh Bhogal (Ind); 11 Daljit Kaur (AAP); 12 Davinder Sapra (Ind); 13 Rupali Sapra(Ind); 14 Tej Pal Basra (BSP); 15 Paramjit Kaur Walia (INC); 16 Vikki Sood(AAP); 17 Neeraj Sharma (INC); 18 Ram Pal Uppal(INC); 19 Sayara (AAP); 20 Munish Parbhakar(INC); 21 Parwinder Kaur (INC); 22 Anurag Mankhand (BJP); 23 Sunita Handa (AAP); 24 Darshan Ram Kataria (INC); 25 Amandeep Kaur (BSP); 26 Inderjit (Ind); 27 Parveen Thakur (AAP); 28 Gurpreet Kaur (INC); 29 Anita Rani (INC); 30 Ravi Kumar (AAP); 31 Anita Kumari(Ind); 32 Sushil Maini (INC); 33 Veena Rani (INC); 34 Chiranji Lal (BSP) 35 Sonia Joshi (INC); 36 Taranjit Walia (INC); 37 Jaswinder Kaur (Ind); 38 Ravinder Singh (AAP); 39 Reena Rani (INC); 40 Pritpal Singh Manga (SAD); 41 Pritpal Kaur Tuli (AAP); 42 Jasdev Singh (AAP); 43 Reeta Rani Monika (AAP); 44 Balwant Rai (Ind); 45 Anita Rani (AAP); 46 Saurav Josh i(INC); 47 Monika; Chadha (INC); 48 Paramjit Khurana (BJP); 49 Neha Ohri (AAP); and 50 Vikram Singh (INC).