Surendra Singh Shekhawat, a councillor of Ajmer Municipal Corporation (AMC), has been expelled from the party for six years for gross indiscipline, a party spokesperson said today.
Going against the party line, Shekhawat today contested the election to the Mayor's post which he lost to BJP's official candidate Dharmendra Gehlot in a lottery, he said.
BJP has won in 31 of 60 wards in AMC while Congress won 22 and seven went to Independent candidates.
After a tie with 30 votes each, Gehlot was declared the winner in a lottery, a spokesman of the Rajasthan State Election Commission said.
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