Jalandhar: The wait for the appointment of the new mayor of Jalandhar Municipal Corporation of Punjab is now over. The newly appointed councillors of the city will be sworn in today by the new Divisional Commissioner of Jalandhar, Arun Sekhri (IAS). The city will get its new mayor at around 3 pm. All the councillors elected in the Municipal Corporation Jalandhar will vote in the meeting called at the Red Cross Bhawan in Jalandhar.
The names of the Mayor, Deputy Mayor and Senior Deputy Mayor will be announced. This meeting was to be held today i.e. on Saturday at 3 pm. Let us tell you that the Punjab government has finalized the names of the Mayor, Deputy Mayor and Senior Deputy Mayor of Jalandhar. Now only the announcement is left.
Aam Aadmi Party will make councilor Vineet Dhir the mayor of Jalandhar. Strong ground is being prepared for him. Vineet Dheer is a big businessman of the city and he is also in touch with the big leadership of Aam Aadmi Party.
Let us tell you that after voting for the municipal corporation elections in Jalandhar took place on December 21 and the results were declared on the same day. In which the Aam Aadmi Party got 38 seats. At present, the Aam Aadmi Party has 45 councillors. This is 2 councillors more than the majority figure. AAP had included councillors who won the elections from Congress, BJP and independents in the party.