Bhubaneswar Gets First Woman Mayor In Sulochana Das

Bhubaneswar Gets First Woman Mayor In Sulochana Das

Biju Janata Dal (BJD) candidate Sulochana Das became the first woman mayor of Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Saturday. Sulochana Das got 1,74,562 votes and won the election with a margin of over 61,000 votes, as per the data shared by the State Election Commission.

On her historic win, she said, “I want to thank the people of Bhubaneswar and our CM Naveen Patnaik for giving me this opportunity. Smart and vibrant Bhubaneswar is our first priority and we will work for that.”

The newly-elected Mayor said that the people of Bhubaneswar are excited about having a woman mayor. People have high hopes for her and it is her responsibility to prove that their decision of choosing her was right. She also assured that she would work towards completing the ongoing development projects and soon introduce new projects as well.

“We aim to become ‘People’s Mayor’ and be easily accessible to the public. People will not have to come with their complaints, rather we will go to them and ask their problems and solve them. I started my career as a social activist, so I am well aware of the problems of Bhubaneswar. Water-logging is a big issue here; we will work on eradicating all such problems,” said Das.

With Sulochana’s victory, BJD has won the Mayor seats in three Municipal Corporations – Bhubaneswar, Cuttack and Berhampur. The elections were held on 108 municipal bodies, BJD won 95 of them.