Elections to 4 Municipal Councils, one Nagar Panchayat on Sept 20

Tuesday, August 26, 2008, 18:32 [IST]

Chandigarh, Aug 25 (UNI) The Punjab Government today announced general elections to four Municipal Councils and one Nagar panchayat in the state on September 20 next.

Disclosing this here today, a spokesman of the Department of Local Government said that in compliance with the orders of the High Court and in exercise of powers vested by sub-section (1) of Section 13-A of Punjab Municipal Act 1911, the general elections to five urban local bodies namely Moga, Badhni Kalan (Nagar Panchayat) in Faridkot district, Kharar (S A S Nagar), Muktsar and Sujanpur (Gurdaspur) would be held on September 20, 2008.

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