Hema Deshmukh of the Congress was elected as Mayor of Rajnandgaon Municipal Corporation on Friday.
Also, another of her party’s candidate managed to grab the Chairman post in the corporation.
In the voting held on Friday Hema got 31 votes while her nearest contender BJP’s Shobha Soni got 20 votes.
Likewise, Harinarayan Pappu of Congress got 30 votes in the 51 seats corporation. His closest competitor Shiv Verma from BJP got 21 votes.
Notably, Rajnandgaon municipal corporation has 51 corporators. In the recently concluded urban bodies election Congress won 22 wards while BJP bagged 21 wards.
Seven independent and one CPI Corporator had the key to elect Mayor in Rajnandgaon. Before the voting both parties tried hard to woo corporators however, Congress managed to secure the required 26 votes for the mayoral post.
State cabinet minister Mohammed Akbar closely monitored the voting and was present during the election process. He repeatedly instructed the Corporators on way to vote and also about dos and don’ts.