Shimla : The newly elected mayor , deputy mayor and councellors of the Shimla municipal corporation in Himachal Pradesh took oath here Tuesday .
For the first time direct elections were held for the posts of mayor and deputy mayor .
Both the seats were bagged by CPIM candidates Sanjay Chauhan as mayor and Tikender Panwar deputy mayor .
In addition 25 councellors also took oath in the town of the municipal corporation building on the mall .
Polling took place on May 27 , and results were declared the next day .
Congress ruled the civic body for 26 years . This time it was a hung verdict . The BJP won 12 seats , the Congress 10 and the CPIM 3 seats .
But more significantly the CPIM won the prestigious seats of mayor and deputy mayor by impressive margins and defeated both the Congress and the BJP candidates .
National CPIM leader Sitaram Yechury and state leaders Rakesh Singha and Kuldeep Tanwar attended the swearing in ceremony .
Mr Sanjay Chauhan and Mr. Panwar hope to bring new era in the history of this town which has turned from bad to worse due to the wrong policies or even lack of any policy by the all who remained on the top. More over both deserve this post, they have always come forward to fight on every issue when it was necessary .