Anandpur Municipality Vice-Chairperson Sandhyarani Behera of the BJD on Friday lost the no-confidence motion after 12 Councillors voted against her. Four Councillors, including the Chairman, abstained from voting.
Anandpur Sub-Collector Maheswar Swain, who oversaw the motion, announced this after conclusion of the voting.
Notably, 10 Councillors had brought the motion against Behera, following which the Sub-Collector was asked to probe the issue.
The disgruntled Councillors had moved the motion against her alleging highhandedness and lack of developmental works in the jurisdiction of the Anandpur civic body.
Earlier on February 19, 10 Councillors, Suresh Sahu (Independent), Nilamani Das (BJD), Rashmita Sahu (Congress), Susamarani Rana (Independent), Biswabhusan Mallick (BJD), Jharanarani Sahu (Congress), Atul Chandra Behera (BJD), Dushasan Nayak (Independent), Subhadra Dehuri (BJD) and Ashutosh Puhana (Congress), had submitted a complaint to district Collector N Thirumala Naik seeking a no-confidence motion against Behera.
The Anandpur Municipality has 16 Councillors comprising six from the BJD, three from the Congress and seven Independents.