Newly-elected Mayors of 16 municipal corporations and Chairmpersons of 198 Nagar Palika Parishad and 438 Nagar Panchyats will take the oath of office on December 12. A day later, these elected representatives will visit lucknow to attend a training programme at the Indira Gandhi Pratishthan.
Urban Development minister Suresh Kumar Khanna confirmed that the oath ceremony of the elected representatives of local bodies would be held in respective districts on December 12. He also confirmed that on December 13, they would attend a training-cum-awareness camp in lucknow. Newly elected ward members would be administered oath later by respective Mayors and Chairpersons.
Of the 16 Mayors, 14 are from BJP and two from BSP. In the Nagar Palika Parishad, BJP won 70 seats, SP 45, BSP 29 and Congress won at nine places. Independents too had their share and won at 43 places. In Nagar Panchyat chairperson’s post, the BJP won 100, SP 83, BSP 45, Congress 17 and Independents 182. Meanwhile, lucknow Mayor elect Sanyukta Bhatia will be sworn at a grand ceremony that would be attended by Union Home minister Rajnath Singh and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on December 12.