Gurprem Singh is new Kharar MC chief

While all 15 elected councillors attended the meeting,Kharar Congress MLA Balbir Sidhu,who being an ex-officio member has a voting right in the civic body,was absent.

MC has got its second president in less than two years tenure of its present house following the resignation of previous MC president Sukhwant Singh recently.

Though Sukhwant,who was also the first-timer and younger brother of Chamkaur Sahib Independent MLA Charanjit Singh,was also elected unanimously in November 2008 but he had begun facing the dissidence from several councillors right from his taking over the charge.

As dissidence mounted and threatened to remove him by no confidence vote,Sukhwant had stepped down though citing “ill health” as reason and denying any dissidence.

Soon after Gurprem’s election,Tourism Minister Hira Singh Gabria,who is SAD’s party affairs incharge for Mohali district,and Morinda SAD MLA Ujjagar Singh Badali arrived at the MC office,congratulated the new MC president and thanked the councillors for making a unanimous choice,which they claimed as SAD’s victory.

Development a priority
The new MC president said the all-round development of the town will be his top priority. “Improvement will be made in the provision of the basic civic amenities with the redressal of public demands and complaints would be addressed in a time-bound manner,” he said.