Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) forms Nagaon Zila Parishad

NAGAON: The ruling BJP in a tacit way captured the Nagaon Zila Parishad independently after falling short of three seats for an absolute majority to form the Zila Parishad. In a meeting held on Thursday at the DC’s conference hall, BJP candidate Moonmoni Das Bora, elected from Pub-Thuria ZPC seat in Koliabor constituency, was elected as the president of Nagaon Zila Parishad without any contest as the post is reserved for a female candidate belonging to Scheduled Caste (SC). She is the only candidate who is representing the reserved category this time.

Meanwhile, the chair of the vice-president of the Parishad was also grabbed by the ruling BJP through a triangular voting system. BJP candidate and Chaparmukh ZPC member, Pramud Laskar was elected as vice-president of Nagaon Zila Parishad. Laskar got total 14 votes out of total 29 while the candidates of Congress and AGP contesting for the post got 12 and two votes respectively. The Deputy Commissioner of Nagaon, Jadav Saikia led the oath-taking function of the elected ZPC members in the meeting. Union Minister of State for Railways, Rajen Gohain, local MLAs Rupak Sarma, Dimbeswar Das and other dignitaries of the office of the Deputy Commissioner of Nagaon were present in the meeting.

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