BJP’s Vipin Garg turns into first non-Muslim chief of Deoband municipality in 140 years

The outcomes of the native physique elections in Uttar Pradesh have been declared on Saturday, May 13. Bharatiya Janata Party emerged as crucial winner sweeping all the municipal corporations and most important municipalities and metropolis panchayats. In the Muslim-majority metropolis of Deoband throughout the Saharanpur district of Uttar Pradesh, BJP secured a victory for the first time in its historic previous. Party candidate Vipin Garg turned the first non-Muslim chairman of the Deoband municipality throughout the closing 140 years.

The Deoband election proved to be extraordinarily charming this time spherical. Vipin Garg, a trusted affiliate of Brijesh Singh, the native MLA and a minister of state throughout the Yogi Adityanath authorities, ran as a result of the BJP candidate. He competed in opposition to Zahir Fatima, the partner of former SP MLA Mavia Ali. Notably, completely different political occasions moreover nominated Muslim candidates for the election. However, it was Vipin Garg from the BJP who emerged victorious, securing a historic win.

Islamic tutorial institution Darul Uloom is situated in Deoband, due to which there is a large Muslim-majority inhabitants throughout the house. Vipin Garg of the BJP emerged victorious by a margin of 4,700 votes, defeating Zahir Fatima from the Samajwadi Party. The counting was carried out beneath stringent security measures on the polling station throughout the Gokulchand Rahati Devi Girls Inter College. The BJP candidate took the lead correct from the first spherical and maintained his lead till the highest.

Vipin Garg purchased an entire of twenty-two,659 votes whereas Zaheer Fatima secured the second place with 17,959 votes. Jamaluddin Ansari, the BSP candidate, claimed the third spot with 7,079 votes. The Congress candidate Naushad Qureshi obtained a mere 483 votes.

In completely different mayoral elections throughout the district, BJP’s Ajay Kumar defeated BSP’s Khadija Masood by a margin of 8,031 votes in Saharanpur. Of the 11 civic our our bodies throughout the district, three have been obtained by the BJP, three by independents and two each by the SP and BSP. Rashtriya Lok Dal obtained one civic physique.