In the by-election for the post of councilor of Ward-41 of Bhopal, BJP's Rehan Siddiqui has won by 2620 votes. He got a total of 4873 votes. Congress's Mohammad Faheem who received 2253. In this way Dr. Siddiqui won by 2620 votes.
After winning this seat, now BJP has 59 councilors in the Bhopal Municipal Corporation, while Congress has lost its tally by one seat. Now Congress has 20 councilors and 5 independent councillors.
Voting was held on January 5 for one councilor and a total of 355 panch posts in the district. More than 45 percent of voters had cast their votes for the post of councilor. Along with BJP-Congress, Aam Aadmi Party also contested the councilor elections. Asad Ali from Aam Aadmi Party, Mohammad Faheem from Congress. Faheem, Dr. Rehan Siddiqui from BJP, Tauqeer Ahmed Nizami from All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen along with Ahmed Akbar Khan, Alimuddin Qureshi, Qazi Asif as independent candidates.
Minister Vishwas Sarang and Mayor Malti Rai also reached the counting venue. In the presence of Minister Sarang, Collector Kaushalendra Vikram Singh gave the certificate to the winning candidate Dr. Siddhiqui.
Mayor Malti Rai and BJP workers congratulated Rehan Siddiqui on his victory.
Ward-41 was held by Congress in the last elections. Therefore, Congress wanted to regain it. At the same time, BJP also tried its best to win this ward. However, victory or defeat will not make any difference to BJP or Congress. BJP has 58 out of 85 councilors in the current council.
At the same time, Congress has 21 and 5 independents. 22 councilors of Congress had won in the elections held in the year 2022. One of these councilors had passed away. Therefore, Congress had tried its best to retain control of this seat.
Congress leader Mohammad Sageer was the most senior councilor of the capital. He has been a councilor continuously since 1999. Sageer was also the Leader of Opposition during the tenure of Mayor Krishna Gaur and Alok Sharma. He was ill for a long time. Meanwhile, he died on July 25. Due to this this seat became vacant.