CHHATRAPATI SAMBHAJINAGAR: Shiv Sena (UBT) corporator Syed Iqbal was on Thursday elected the new Mayor of Parbhani city in central Maharashtra with Congress support, defeating his BJP rival Tirumala Khillare by a comfortable margin of 13 votes.
Iqbal, whose party fought the Parbhani City Municipal Corporation (PCMC) polls last month in alliance with the Congress, secured 39 votes to become the fifth Mayor, while BJP corporator Khillare received 26, an official said.
Congress corporator Ganesh Deshmukh was elected the Deputy Mayor of Parbhani.