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Rajni Abbi is new Delhi mayor

By IANS,

New Delhi : Rajni Abbi was Wednesday elected as the new mayor of Delhi, a spokesperson of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) said.

Abbi, 49, is a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) nominee and a law professor at Delhi University. She defeated her rival Savita Sharma of the Congress by 88 votes.

Abbi takes over from Prithvi Raj Sawhney, also from BJP.