Santokhgarh/Una, July 22 (Rajveer Chopra): The newly elected President of the Santokhgarh Municipal Council, Anjana Chabba, and Vice-President Sandeep Kumar took the oath of office and secrecy on Wednesday during a ceremony held at the SDM office in Una. SDM Abhishek Mittal administered the oath to them.
Following the swearing-in ceremony, President Anjana Chabba and Vice-President Sandeep Kumar received a grand welcome from town residents, prominent citizens, social organizations, and local public representatives. On this occasion, both representatives were presented with bouquets, garlands, and mementos, along with best wishes for their new responsibilities.
Subsequently, both officials arrived at the Santokhgarh Municipal Council office and formally assumed charge of their duties. Those present at the ceremony expressed confidence that under the leadership of President Anjana Chabba and Vice-President Sandeep Kumar, the Santokhgarh Municipal Council would scale new heights of development. They also voiced expectations that priority would be given to initiatives concerning sanitation, drinking water, roads, street lighting, environmental conservation, and other public amenities.
In their addresses, President Anjana Chabba and Vice-President Sandeep Kumar expressed gratitude to all citizens and stated that they would accord top priority to the town's holistic development, transparent functioning, and the public interest, without any discrimination. They also appealed to the residents for active cooperation in development activities. A large number of people attended the event, including BJP City Unit President Rajesh Prabhakar; Councilors Anju Bala (Ward 1), Charanjeet Kaur (Ward 3), Iqbal Singh (Ward 4), and Kusum Lata (Ward 6); former Municipal Council Vice-President Rajnish Chabba; former Councilors Santokh Singh, Kiran Devi, and Rachna Devi; Harsh Chabba, Balram Chabba, Nanak Chand, Devi Lal, Buddha Ram, Rakesh Sharma, Satpal Patial, Master Kashmiri Lal, Kailash Saini, Sandeep Saini, Dinesh Saini, Moolraj, Rajinder, Sudarshan Puri, Ram Kumar, Pappu, and Balbir Singh; Municipal Council Executive Officer Harsh Gupta; Sanitary Inspectors Ashutosh Sharma, Jaswinder Singh, Baljit Singh, Harjinder Singh, and Ruchi; as well as other public representatives, office-bearers of social organizations, traders, youth, and local residents. Their presence made the entire ceremony enthusiastic and memorable.