Bhopal: In a much-needed relief for the state Congress party its candidate won the mayoral post in Chhindwara. In the last elections, Congress has failed to win in any of the 16 municipal corporations in the state.
Congress candidate Vikram Ahakey defeated his rival Anand Dhurve of BJP by 3,547 votes. This is after a gap of 18 years that the Congress won Chhindwara civic election’s top post.
Chhindwara is the home turf of state Congress president and former chief minister Kamal Nath. He had been elected from the Chhindwara Lok Sabha constituency nine times.
According to the officials, Congress candidates were leading in two municipal corporations - Jabalpur and Gwalior.
In Singrauli, AAP candidate Rani Agrawal defeated her nearest BJP rival Chandrapratap Vishwakarma by a margin of 9,231 votes. This is the first time that the Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP is contesting civic elections in Madhya Pradesh. Kejriwal had recently held a roadshow in support of Agrawal.
Soon after her victory, Agrawal in a message thanked all the people who have voted for her as mayor. She said, “I would like to reiterate that I will work with full confidence and passion by making true the Delhi model in Singrauli. My only aim would be to redress the grievances of every resident.”
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