After Rajnandgaon, the Congress now wrested the Bilaspur and Jagdalpur Municipal Corporations. Congress candidate Ramsharan Yadav of Bilaspur has been elected unopposed as Mayor while in Jagdalpur too Congress candidate Safira Sahu got the mayoral post.
In Jagdalpur, Safira Sahu polled 28 votes while BJP candidate Dipti Pandey got 18 votes, while one vote was declared invalid.
Safira Sahu is a former Urban District Women Congress district president and has been elected from Ambedkar Ward.
Even in the last tenure, Congress candidate was holding the post of Mayor after winning the post through direct election.
In the election process completed at Bilaspur Municipal Corporation, Ramsharan Yadav was elected as Mayor. BJP could not reach any consensus for Mayor candidate due to which it did not participate in the election process due to which Congress candidate Ramsharan Yadav, who was the only person to file nomination papers, was elected unopposed.
Two more candidates of Congress Vijay Kesharwani and Sheikh Naziruddin were also in fray but ultimately Yadav became the consensus candidate.
Yadav started his political career from student politics and was youth unit president of Yadav community for last 20 years and has also been serving as chairman, marketing federation for three tenures. He has been elected from Rajendra Nagar ward and has been elected for third time.