Excelsior Correspondent
KARGIL, Nov 14:- The election to the post of President and Vice President of Municipal Committee (MC) Kargil was held under the chairmanship of Deputy Commissioner and CEO, LAHDC, Kargil Vikas Kundal here.
Zaheer Hussain who had contested as an independent candidate was elected President of the Committee while as independent candidate Gulzar Hussain was elected as the Vice-President by the margin of 1 vote in each case.
Zaheer got 7 votes out of 13 and defeated another contestant candidate Advocate Khadim Hussain while as Gulzar also got 7 votes out of 13 by defeating candidate Mohammad Ali.
Earlier, Additional Deputy Commissioner Kargil Sonam Chosjor invited the proposal of names for the posts of President and Vice-President from all the members which was followed by the secret ballot voting.
Executive Officer, MC Kargil Abdul Gaffar Zargar, Headquarter Assistant to DC Kargil, Muhammad Shabir, Assistant Director Information Kargil, Muhammad Ali Tak and other concerned officers were also present on the occasion.
Pertinently, Independents had gained a majority in the recently concluded ULB polls in Kargil Municipal Committee which has a total of 13 wards in which the Independents had won 8 seats while as the candidates had secured 5 seats.
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