Chhattisgarh Congress leader Nandlal Dewangan was elected as Mayor and Kriparam Nishad as Chairman of the Birgaon Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Tuesday.
Earlier, Raipur District Collector cum Presiding Authority Saurabh Kumar administered oath to the newly elected councilors. He then conducted the election for the post of Mayor and Chairman.
In the voting, Dewangan got 25 votes and Pati Ram Sahu (BJP) polled 15 votes for the post of Mayor.
Similarly, for the post of Chairman (Speaker), Nishad secured 26 votes while his opponent Awaj Dewangan of Janata Congress Chhattisgarh (J) polled 14 votes.An appeal committee was also elected.