Election to executive committee of DMC held

Dehradun: After the culmination of the one-year term of the incumbent executive committee of the Dehradun Municipal Corporation (DMC), elections were held to elect the six members of the panel on Thursday. Similar to last year’s election, candidates were elected unopposed this year as well.The newly-elected six members of the executive committee comprises four BJP members while the remaining 2 are from the Congress.
After deliberation with all the stakeholders, city mayor Sunil Uniyal Gama decided to accommodate two councillors from the Congress as well. Notably, the executive committee has 12 members but after the completion of one year, six members were removed through the lottery system while in order to fill the vacant spots, elections were held.
The newly elected members of the committee are Anita Garg (ward 22), Satendra Nath (ward 11), Meena Bisht (ward 28), Sachin Thapa (ward 96), Ramesh Kala (ward 38) and Sushila Rawat (ward 58). As of now, the new executive committee has nine BJP councillors while the remaining three ward councillors are from the Congress.