Raipur Municipal Corporation

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Raipur Municipal Corporation
Type
Type	Municipal Corporation
Term limits	5 years
Leadership
Municipal commissioner	Mayank Chaturvedi, IAS since 2022
Chairman of House (Speaker)	Pramod Dubey, INC since 5 January 2020
Leader of House (Mayor)	Aijaz Dhebar, INC since 7 January 2020
Leader of the Opposition	Meenal Choubey, BJP since 7 January 2020
Deputy Leader of the Opposition	Manoj Verma, BJP since 2021
Structure
Political groups	Government (41)   INC (34)   IND (5) Opposition (29)   BJP (29) Others (2)   JCC(J) + (2)
Length of term	70
Elections
First-Past-The-Post
Last election	December 2019 – January 2020
Next election	December 2024 – January 2025
Motto
स्वार्थो यस्य परार्थ एव:
Raipur Nagar Nigam, White House
Website
nagarnigamraipur.nic.in

Raipur Municipal Corporation, or RMC, is the municipal corporation responsible for the governing civic infrastructure and administration of the city of Raipur, the largest and capital city of Chhattisgarh. Raipur Municipal Corporation has been formed with functions to improve the infrastructure of town. This civic administrative body administers the city's cleanliness and other public services like public health, clean streets and parks. The corporation ranked seventh in the Municipal Performance Index 2020 of the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA)^[1]

History

RMC was established in the early 1890s by the colonial government. The details of mayors and elections until 1980 are still unknown. The Cabinet of

The Election Commission of Chhattisgarh declared the polling day for all 70 seats, which was held on 22 December 2019, and the day of counting was on 24 December 2019. There was 78% overall voting percentage.^[clarification needed]

Results

The election results were declared on 24 December 2019, in which INC became the largest party, with 34 seats, followed by BJP, with 29 seats. Independent politicians received five seats, and JCC(J)+ won two seats. The majority needed for forming a government is 36 seats, and INC needed only two parshads, which was fulfilled by the support of the five independent politicians. The incumbent mayor, Pramod Dubey, was elected as chairman on 5 January 2020, and Aijaz Dhebhar was elected as the 10th mayor of RMC by the voting of the Parshads on 7 January 2020; both took oath on the same day of their election.^[2]

List of mayors

References