Pooja thakur elected as Chairperson ,Saima Parveen Lone as V- Chairperson for DDC Kishtwar DC Kishtwar administers oath of office to newly elected DDC Chairperson, V-Chairperson

Muntsir Giri

Kishtwar February 18:–Mrs Pooja Thakur who got 08 votes was today declared elected as chairperson against her opponent contestant Shareefa Begum who was able to secure 06 votes in the kishtwar DDC chairperson elections which were held today in Conference Hall DC office Kishtwar.

Whereas Saima Parveen Lone who got 07 votes was declared elected as Vice Chairperson by defeating her nearest rival contestant namely Hans Raj by 02 Votes who got 05 votes in a triangular contest.
Independent Candidate Mohd Zafarullah got only 02 votes during contest for the post of Vice Chairperson.

Deputy Commissioner Kishtwar Ashok Sharma also administered oath of office to Pooja Thakur as Chairperson and Saima Parveen Lone as Vice Chairperson of District Development Council Kishtwar, here in a ceremony held in the conference hall DC office Kishtwar.

Elected DDC members,Additional District Development Commissioner Kishtwar Mohd Hanief Malik, Additional Deputy Commissioner Kishtwar Pawan Parihar,Joint Director Planning Mohd Iqbal, Assistant commissioner Revenue Dr Amir Hussain besides others district officers ,officials and Prominant citizens remained present during oath ceremony.

Earlier after the postponement of the elections for the post DDC chairperson and vice chairperson kishtwar due to lack of quorum on 13 Feb 2021, District administration Kishtwar headed by Deputy Commissioner Kishtwar Ashok Sharma today conducted the election for the said posts of the DDC chairperson and vice chairperson in free ,fair and transparent manner.

The entire exercise from conducting meeting for the elections,filling up of the nomination forms,Scrutiny of nomination forms,voting ,counting and declaration of results was held under close supervision of presiding officer, DC,Kishtwar.