Gupta, Tarkhan, Mankotia elected Chairmen to Standing Committees

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Jan 17: Election for the post of Chairmen to the three Standing Committees of Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC) were held here today in which BJP Councillors were elected unopposed.
Ajay Gupta, BJP Councillor of Ward number 52 was elected as Chairman to the Social Justice Standing Committee after all the eight members including him voted in his favour.
It is pertinent to mention here that all the three Standing Committees have nine members each who vote for the post of Chairman.
One member of the Social Justice Standing Committee Raj Rani has died last year so there were only eight members left in the Committee who casted their voted to elect Gupta as Chairman.
Similarly, Raj Kumar Tarkhan, another Councillor of BJP was elected as the Chairman of Health and Sanitation Committee while Hardeep Mankotia, also BJP Councillor was elected as Chairman of Swachch Bharat Standing Committee.