By TANIA SAILI BAKSHI
Mussoorie, 25 Jan: Meera Saklani creates history. The 51-year-old has been elected as Mussoorie‘s first woman Chairperson. Sixty-seven per cent voters within the Mussoorie municipality have given their verdict. Meera Saklani, the BJP candidate bagged the coveted Mussoorie Chairperson seat.
Counting began at Ghananand Inter College early Saturday morning. Trends started pouring in by noon. Meera Saklani, took an early lead and maintained it despite three rounds of recounting late into the evening.
Out of the five women candidates that stood for the Mayor post, the real fight was between three candidates namely BJP’s Meera Saklani, Congress candidate Manju Bhandari and Independent candidate Upma Panwar.
Results: Meera Saklani (BJP)- 6258; Upma Panwar (Independent)- 5943; Manju Bhandari (Congress)- 2954; Shakuntala Panwar (Independent)- 432; Nancy Panwar (Independent)- 532.
What makes Mussoorie a hot-seat? Is it the fact that it homes premier institutes like the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, the Institute of Technical Management, the Indo-Tibetan Border Police Academy. Or is it the fact that many educational institutes, some of which date back to the late 1850’s ensure that VIP and VVIP’s make a beeline to the hill-station throughout the year.
