Allahabad : Bahujan Samaj Party-supported independent candidate Abhilasha Gupta, wife of former Uttar Pradesh cabinet minister Nand Gopal Gupta Nandi, today became the youngest person to have been elected to the post of Mayor of Allahabad.
Abhilasha Gupta (37), defeated her nearest rival Kamla Singh of the BJP by a comprehensive margin of more than 20,000 votes.
Altogether 29 candidates were in the fray for the Mayoral election.
Earlier, the post of city Mayor was held by Chaudhary Jitendra Nath Singh of the Congress.
Abhilasha Gupta had contested as an independent candidate in view of the BSP's decision not to allow its members to contest the local body polls without them being declared as official nominees or being allotted party symbols.
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Abhilasha Gupta (37), defeated her nearest rival Kamla Singh of the BJP by a comprehensive margin of more than 20,000 votes.
Altogether 29 candidates were in the fray for the Mayoral election.
Earlier, the post of city Mayor was held by Chaudhary Jitendra Nath Singh of the Congress.
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Abhilasha Gupta had contested as an independent candidate in view of the BSP's decision not to allow its members to contest the local body polls without them being declared as official nominees or being allotted party symbols.
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