Moga, May 12

Elections to the posts of Mayor, Senior Deputy Mayor and Deputy Mayor of the Moga Municipal Corporation will be held on Thursday.

The first meeting of the newly-elected councillors and their swearing-in ceremony will also be held before the elections.

The term of the newly-elected MC would be five years from the date of the first meeting of the corporation. The Department of Local Government, with the approval of the state Election Commission, will publish the names of elected office-bearers and members in the Punjab State Gazette after the meeting.

It may be mentioned that the ruling Congress got 20 of 50 wards. The SAD got 15 seats, Independents 10, AAP 4 and BJP got just one. However, local Congress MLA Dr Harjot Kamal has claimed to have gained majority in the MC with the support of nine Independents. He said the Mayor would be elected from amongst the Congress councilors — TNS