Rajni Abbi new Mayor of Delhi

Wednesday, 20 April 2011, 23:46 IST
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New Delhi: BJP nominee and Delhi University law professor Rajni Abbi was elected the Mayor of Delhi defeating her rival Savita Sharma of Congress by 88 votes. 49-year-old Abbi, a first-time councillor from Mukherjee Nagar ward, got 170 votes while Sharma secured 82 votes in the election held at a special meeting of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi. Eight votes were invalid. The election of Mayor witnessed some stormy scenes earlier with Congress members objecting to Abbi's candidature alleging that she was holding an office of profit as she was a Delhi University professor. BJP members claimed that she had taken permission from the DU before contesting the MCD elections. The new Mayor, who replaced incumbent Prithvi Raj Sawhney, has become the second woman in the post in BJP's five-year term in the corporation.
Source: PTI