Punjab health minister s brother Amarjit Singh Sidhu is new Mohali mayor

Chandigarh | Monday | 12th April, 2021

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Tribune News ServiceMohali April 12Amarjit Singh Sidhu brother of cabinet minister and local MLA Balbir Singh Sidhu was elected mayor of the Mohali Municipal Corporation after oath-taking ceremony of the newly elected councillors at MC Bhawan in Mohali on Monday. Amrik Singh Somal and Kuljit Singh Bedi were elected Senior Deputy Mayor and Deputy Mayor respectively. During the voting on February 14 Paramjit Singh Kahlon had filed a case against Amarjit Singh Sidhu for “rigging the polls” in Ward 10 during the MC election. Twenty-five seats were reserved for women and the Congress candidates won on 37 seats. Councillors of Azad group would be main party sitting in opposition in the 50-member House..