Madkar elected chairperson of Sankhali civic body

Sankhali: Yeshwant Madkar has been elected the new chairperson of Sankhali Municipal Council. The election for the post of chairperson was held on Wednesday at the SMC hall. 

The Wednesday’s meeting was attended by 12 councillors. One of the councillor’s Rajesh Sawal remained absent. Yeshwant Madkar, Kunda Madkar and Dharmesh Saglani had filed their nominations for the post of chairperson. However, Kunda Madkar withdrew her nomination thus leaving Yeshwant Madkar and Dharmesh Saglani in the fray.  During the election process Yeshwant Madkar polled 7 votes, while Saglani polled

5 votes. Sanjit Rodrigues was the returning officer for the election. The election was also witnessed by SMC chief officer Pravinjay Pandit.

Chief Minister Pramod Sawant congratulated the newly elected chairperson and assured full support for the all round development of Sankhali.