BJP councilor Sunita Kangra elected new mayor of SDMC

BJP councillor Sunita Kangra was unanimously elected as the mayor of South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) in the general house meeting of the civic body on Friday. The BJP-ruled municipal corporation also unanimously elected party councillor Raj Dutt Gehlot as the new deputy mayor.

Kangra, a councillor from Madipur ward, said her priorities are cleanliness, education and parking facilities for the residents of South Delhi. Outgoing mayor Narendra Chawla, Bhupendra Gupta (both from the BJP) and Vedpal of the Congress were elected as members of SDMC's standing committee, said a senior officer of the civic body.

Five nominations were filled for the three vacant posts of standing committee members. AAP councillor Abdul Wajid Khan and BJP councillor Col (retired) B K Oberoi had withdrawn their names, the officer said.