The Hindu 13.03.2013
HDMC council has a lot of new faces
The newly elected council of the Hubli Dharwad Municipal Corporation has a lot of young faces this time, with most of them entering the council for the first time.
Along with senior councillors such as Pandurang Patil, Deepak Chinchore and D.K. Chavan, there are 28 candidates who have made it to the municipal council for the first time.
Of the 24 councillors from Dharwad, 13 have been elected to the municipal council for the first time, while in Hubli, of the 43 councillors 16 are new faces. What is more significant is that several of them defeated former councillors.
While the Bharatiya Janata Party’s Anasuya Cholappanavar defeated the former councillor Rasulbi R. Doddamani of the Congress, Bibi Fathima Pathan of the Congress defeated Sheela V. Anchatageri, wife of the former councillor Iresh Anchatageri of the BJP. The BJP’s Nirmala Shivanand Javali defeated the former councillor Saroja B. Patil of the Janata Dal (Secular).
Similarly, the former councillors Prakash Ghatge (Congress) and Prakash Godbole (BJP) were defeated by first-timers Shankar T. Shelake (BJP) and Raju Shankar Rao Ambore (JD-S) respectively.
However, it was Congress candidates Shaila Venkaraddi Kamaraddi and Baseer Ahmed Gudmal who disappointed the BJP by defeating two-time Deputy Mayor Bharati Patil and the former Mayor Radhabai N. Sapare respectively. Another defeat for the BJP was that of Shanthappa Devakki, who was defeated by first-timer and BJP rebel Mallikarjun Ajjappa Horakeri. The former Deputy Mayor Chandrashekhar Managundi (BJP) was also defeated by first-timer Kariyappa K. Beesagal (Congress).
While Beerappa N. Khandekar (BJP) defeated the former BJP councillor (now with the KJP) Hoovappa Dayagodi, Abdul Wahab Mulla (Congress) defeated the former Mayor Venkatesh Mestri, who has now joined the KJP.
The BJP has the highest number of newcomers. Of the 33 newly elected councillors, 50 per cent are first-timers. Of the 22 Congress members, 9 are newcomers. The JD(S) too has three new faces. The two independent candidates Mallikarjun Horakeri and Muktum Hussain Yaragatti are also newcomers.
