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Congress councillor switches to BJP, elected as Khetri chairperson unopposed in last-minute twist

The political equations in Rajasthan's Khetri municipality changed dramatically at the last moment after Congress councillor Geeta Saini switched allegiance to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and filed her nomination for the chairperson's post. Saini had won from Ward 5 on a Congress ticket by 178 votes in the recent municipal elections . However, just before the nomination deadline, she joined the BJP and entered the chairperson's race as the party's candidate. With no rival candidate filing a nomination, she was subsequently elected unopposed.