Anita Behera of the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) was on Thursday elected unopposed as the Mayor of the Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC).Her name as the party candidate was earlier announced by Rural Development minister Bikram Keshari Arukh in Cuttack after it was duly approved by party president Naveen Patnaik.
No other party fielded a candidate against her as the ruling party has an absolute majority (36) in the 59-ward CMC.At Baripada, the BJD’s Babita Das was also elected uncontested as the Chairperson of the Baripada Municipality as she was the lone candidate to file nomination for the post. The BJD has a huge majority of 21 in the 28-ward municipality.