Bhupender Gupta was on Friday unanimously elected to the post of Standing Committee Chairman in South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC).
Gupta a former councillor from Raj Nagar ward has been Vice-Chairman of the MCD Education Committee. He stated that his top priority would be health and sanitation. “The Standing Committee has been constituted after a long wait of four months, so lots of work to do in the remaining eight months. I am grateful to the party organisation for picking me for this important assignment,” he said.
He further stated that the SDMC deliberative wing will certainly strive hard to improve SDMCs ranking in the next Swachhta Servekshan. Dr Nandani Sharma, councilor from Malviya Nagar, was also unanimously elected to the post of vice-chairman of Standing Committee.
The Commissioner Dr Puneet Goyal stated that the eight months are enough to sow the seeds and work to make them grow as trees. “We have been approving the schemes and new initiatives expeditiously. The new initiatives of SDMC have brought comfort to the citizens.
A number of councilors including standing committee members and his supporters in the presence of BJP MP Ramesh Bidhuri, former President of Delhi BJP Satish Upadhyay and the Commissioner of SDMC were also present on the occasion.