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Mayor election on September 4

Friday, 23 August 2013 10:37 administrator
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The New Indian Express               23.08.2013

Mayor election on September 4

The elections of the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) Mayor  will be held on September 4, stated the notification issued by the Regional Commissioner. 

Along with the Mayor, the Deputy Mayor and 12 standing committee chairpersons will be elected the same day.

The Karnataka High Court recently ruled that the fourth BBMP Mayor will be a man from the general category and the Deputy Mayor a woman from the ST category. Lobbying for the Mayor’s post began a few weeks ago. The Deputy Mayor is likely to be Indira since she is the only woman in the ST category in the Council.

Mayor D Venkatesh Murthy’s term ended on April 26. However, the Congress councillors filed a case in the high court with regard to the BJP notification that changed the category of mayor’s post from ST female to general. The court upheld this, but stated that the Deputy Mayor should be a woman from the ST category.

 

Renuka Bai Venkatesh all set to become Mayor

Friday, 23 August 2013 05:27 administrator
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The Hindu               23.08.2013 

Renuka Bai Venkatesh all set to become Mayor

Staff Correspondent

As per Government Order, she is the only eligible candidate

The posts of Mayor and Deputy Mayor of the city corporation have been reserved for Scheduled Castes Woman and Backward Classes and Minority (A), according to an order issued by the State government on Thursday, which has come five months after the elections. As the government has announced the reservation, Renuka Bai Venkatesh, representing ward number 15, is all set to become the Mayor of Davangere, as she is the only eligible candidate.

It may be recalled that the Congress swept city corporation elections a few months ago by winning in 39 of the 42 wards. Moreover, the Congress leaders would not have to struggle to find a suitable candidate for the Mayor’s post as Ms. Venkatesh is already there, albeit without any competitor. However, for the post of Deputy Mayor, there are many aspirants and the party high command has an arduous task in picking up the right candidate.

Brisk activity

As the reservation for Mayor and Deputy Mayors’ posts was announced five months after the elections, the councillors, who had been harping for power, have begun making their own calculations. There was brisk political activity in the city corporation on Thursday.

Meanwhile, many councillors expressed happiness over the announcement of reservation. According to them, once the Mayor and Deputy Mayor got elected, they would be able to get several schemes completed quickly by prevailing upon corporation officials. Hitherto, they were unable to get drinking water supplied to people regularly, or get the garbage cleared from streets in their wards, the councillors said.

 

Mayor, Deputy Mayor election on September 4

Friday, 23 August 2013 05:11 administrator
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The Hindu               23.08.2013 

Mayor, Deputy Mayor election on September 4

Staff Reporter

The election for the posts of Mayor and Deputy Mayor will be held on September 4, according to a notification issued by the Regional Commissioner here on Thursday.

The election to the 12 standing committees will also be held on the same day at 1 p.m. The BBMP’s council section has been directed to issue a meeting notice to all councillors as per Section 71 of the Karnataka Municipal Corporations Act, 1976.

According to the notification, nominations will be accepted between 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. While the post of Mayor has been reserved for general category, the post of Deputy Mayor has been reserved for Scheduled Tribe (woman) category.

The term of the incumbent Mayor and Deputy Mayor ended in April, 2013.

 
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