Chhapra Municipal Corporation A total of 17 candidates were trying their luck in the by-election for the post of Mayor. Among these, there were two candidates who had previously represented the Municipal Corporation. There were also two different candidates in the fray in whose favor RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav and Bihar government’s forest and environment minister and his son Tej Pratap Yadav had sought votes. But both the candidates lost the election. Pro-saffron workers in this election Lakshmi Narayan Gupta Won and was elected mayor. Whereas the previous mayor or his family members had to remain in second and fourth place.
Lalu Yadav had appealed to vote for Sunita Devi.
In fact, before the by-election for the post of Mayor of Chapra Municipal Corporation, RJD supremo Lalu Prasad, during a program in Chapra, had called for voting only for Sunita Devi, a former mayor and belonging to a political family. He had asked people to unite in favor of Sunita Devi. During this, he had also said not to vote for the candidate supported by Tej Pratap Yadav.
Tej Pratap Yadav did a road show for Ravi Roshan
At the same time, his son and Forest and Environment Minister Tej Pratap Yadav had also conducted a road show in Chapra to make Ravi Roshan victorious. During this, he appealed to the people to make Ravi Roshan win and said that Chhapra will develop if Ravi Roshan wins. A large crowd had also gathered in this road show. But, the voters of Chhapra completely rejected the candidates supported by the RJD supremo and her minister son in the multi-cornered contest.
who got how many votes
Former mayor Sunita Devi, supported by Lalu Yadav, stood fourth by getting 10,797 votes. Whereas Tej Pratap asked for votes for Ravi Roshan, he had to be satisfied with only 3,286 votes. While the first mayor of Chhapra was Late. Priya Devi’s husband Mintu Singh stood second by getting 11,999 votes. Rafi Iqbal, who comes from the minority community, was chosen by the public for the third position this time too. He was in second place in the last election.
17 candidates were trying their luck
In this election, there were many candidates who displayed money throughout the election period and tried to show their strength to the common people. Despite his victory, Laxmi Narayan Gupta, calling himself an ordinary person, talked about changing the picture of Chhapra Municipal Corporation. 17 candidates were trying their luck in this election. But many candidates had to be satisfied with only three digit votes.