Sangrur, April 27 -- Four months after the civic body elections, the Sangrur municipal council finally got its president on Saturday. Bhupinder Singh Bhinder of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) won the post with 18 out of the total 31 votes.

AAP's Preet Jain was elected the senior vice-president with 11 votes, while Krishan Lal Vicky secured the vice-president's post with 10 votes.

Sub-divisional magistrate Charanjot Singh Walia said Bhinder had 18 votes while his rival from the Congress won nine votes. In the civic body elections held on December 21, the AAP had won seven wards, Congress eight, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) four and Independents 10. Eight Independents eventually joined the AAP. Their votes, along with that of Sangrur MLA Narin...