The Hindu 04.09.2013
Shimoga CMC top posts elections on September 1
Elections for the post of president and vice-president of Shimoga City Municipal Council (CMC) will be held on September 12. No political party enjoys majority in the CMC. In the 35-member body, the Congress has won 12 seats, the Bharatiya Janata Party eight, the Karnataka Janata Paksha seven, and the Janata Dal (Secular) has won five seats. Three independent candidates have also been elected as councillors. Apart from this, Shimoga Rural MLA Sharada Poorya Naik, who belongs to the JD(S), MP B.Y. Raghavendra, who was elected on BJP ticket, member of Rajya Sabha and BJP district unit president Ayanur Manjunath, four MLCs including the Chairperson of State Legislative Council D.H. Shankaramurthy, M.B. Bhanuprakash, R.K. Siddaramanna, and P.V. Krishna Bhat, who belong to the BJP, can also vote in the elections.
The post of president is reserved for BCM (A) woman and that of vice-president for women belonging to the general category. Congress that has emerged as the single largest party has planned to come to power by seeking the support of the KJP and the JD(S). There was a preliminary discussion between the leaders of these three parties on forging an alliance in the CMC. According to the seat-sharing formula, the Congress will get the post of president, the KJP vice-president, and the JD(S) will get the post of president of the Standing Committee. The BJPis also trying to forge an alliance with the KJP and the JD(S).
