Srinagar, Jan. 14 -- BJP suffered a major setback after independent corporator Parvez Ahmad Qadri defeated its candidate by nine votes to become the deputy mayor of Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC).
Four candidates were in a fray for the deputy mayor's post including Parvez Ahmad Qadri, Nakul Matto, Arif Raja and Syed Mohammad Hussain.
Qadri got 33 out of 65 votes polled in the elections that were held on Monday. Arif Raja of BJP got 24 votes while congress Candidate Nakul Matto got seven votes. Another independent candidate Syed Mohammad Hussain could manage only one vote.
The elections had been necessitated after 47 corporators passed no-confidence motion against the former Mayor Sheikh Imran.
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