Kurukshetra, November 14
Rajbir Singh of Jandheri village, who died a few days before the polling due to brain haemorrhage, has been elected as village sarpanch.
Rajbir (42) filed his nomination for the post of sarpanch of Jandheri panchayat in Shahabad block against Baljinder Kumar and Jaidev. On November 4, he died due to brain haemorrhage.
The polling was held on Saturday and the results left everyone surprised when Rajbir was declared winner. While Rajbir got 684 votes, Baljinder and Jaidev got 503 and 375 votes, respectively.
Now a byelection will be held in the village for which the local administration will apprise the State Election Commission tomorrow.
