Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Dibrugarh Municipal Board (DMB) Election

DIBRUGARH, Sept 16 – Congress leader Chandra Kanta Barua took over as the new chairperson of the Dibrugarh Municipal Board (DMB) while Rampatlal Verma of the same party assumed charge as the vice chairperson.

The names of Barua and Verma were announced after the oath of affirmation of all the twenty-two Ward Commissioners and two ex officio members of DMB at an installation ceremony at the conference hall of the municipality board. Water Resources Minister Prithibi Majhi and local MLA Prasanta Phukan are the two ex-officio members of DMB.

Barua is the 64th chairperson of the DMB. Which was set up in 1873. Barua takes over the charge from the appointed E/O, Saranga Pani Sharma. Indian National Congress (INC) with 16 Ward Commissioners dominates Dibrugarh Municipality Board (DMB). BJP has four Ward Commissioners while AGP has one another being an independent candidate. Voting for the election was held on July 31 and counting on August 4. Altogether 100 candidates contested in the polls.

Meanwhile, Krishna Chenglari (Gogoi) and Dipak Agarwala were appointed as the chairperson and vice chairperson respectively of the Naharkatia Town Committee. The installation ceremony was presided over by Pranati Phukan, Deputy Speaker, Assam Legislative Assembly, and MLA of Naharkatia LAC, in the presence of local and district administration. ASSAM TRIBUNE

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