Ludhiana gets its first woman Mayor

Inderjit Kaur has been elected as the first woman Mayor of Ludhiana. Rakesh Prashar was elected as the senior deputy mayor while Prince Johar was elected as deputy mayor.

The Ludhiana seat was reserved for a woman and since then, the names of Inderjit Kaur, Nidhi Gupta, Amrit Varsha Rampal, Maninder Kaur Ghuman were making rounds.

Inderjit Kaur is a first-time councillor and won the election from ward number 13.

She is 37 years old and has over a decade of experience in teaching. She holds a commerce degree, an MBA, and a BEd. Earlier she was serving as a principal in a private school and left her job before the Municipal Corporation elections. She is the women wing’s president of the AAP for Ludhiana district. Her husband is a businessman.

Rakesh Parashar is a five-time councillor and a former Congress leader and is the brother of AAP‘s Ludhiana Central MLA Ashok Parashar Pappi.

Punjab CM, Bhagwant Mann announced the names in a post on X today.

Meanwhile Shyam Sunder Malhotra will be the leader of opposition in the Ludhiana MC house. Deepika Bhalla will be the senior vice leader and Harminder Pal Lally will be the vice leader.

The swearing-in-ceremony and election to the post of Mayor was held at Guru Nanak Dev Bhawan.