Solan, April 16 -- Brushing aside rumours of cross voting in Municipal Corporation (MC) key posts elections, the opposition Congress succeeded in capturing the posts of mayor and deputy mayor here on Friday.
The party leaders including Rajender Rana finally crowned Poonam Grover and Rajiv Kauda after both won the election held in the Corporation premises.
The ruling Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) contested the mayor and deputy mayor seats in hope of cross voting taking place but the Congress leaders won the battle. The BJP nominated Manish Kumar, an independent candidate from Ward No-1 Deonghat, as mayor candidate and Ward-9 councilor Shailendra Gupta contested for the post of deputy mayor.
The Congress has nine councilors and the similar...