The Congress retained its maintain over the Nagpur Zilla Parishad in Maharashtra as each its candidates have been elected to the posts of president and vice-president of the native physique on Monday. The Congress’ Mukta Kokarde was elected because the president and Kunda Raut because the vice-president throughout a particular basic physique assembly of Zilla Parishad members, a senior official stated.

Korkarde bought 39 votes, whereas Raut bought 38 votes within the 57-member Zilla Parishad, he stated. The outgoing Zilla Parishad president Rashmi Barve, additionally of the Congress, accomplished two-and-a-half years of the five-year time period.

Talking to reporters, former minister and Nagpur Congress rural unit chief Rajendra Mulak described the victory of occasion nominees as “historic” and claimed the Bharatiya Janata Occasion (BJP) was shedding floor in Nagpur. The BJP couldn’t area its personal candidates within the election, he stated.

Nagpur is the house district of deputy chief minister and senior BJP chief Devendra Fadnavis.

With inputs from News18