Towns and Cities

12 corporators file papers for standing panel poll

Tuesday, 28 May 2013 09:14 administrator

The New Indian Express 28.05.2013

As many as 10 corporators of the Congress and two corporators of the TDP and the BJP filed their nominations to the elections to the standing committee of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) on Monday.

Monday was the last day for filing of nomination papers. The polls will be held on June 6.

The Congress corporators who filed their nominations are Jagan K (Jagadharigutta), M Prabhakar Reddy (Bagh Lingampally), B Pushpa (Ramchandrapuram), M R Srinivasa Rao (Mettuguda), M Parameshwar Reddy (Ramanthapur), Bharathi Raj B (Moula Ali) Geetah Rani T (Alwal), B Raju Yadav (Punjagutta), J Devanand (Bansilalpet) and Shankar Yadav (Begum Bazar).

TDP corporator M Bhanu Prasad from Hydernagar and BJP candidate K Sahadev Yadav from Kurmaguda also filed their papers on Monday. On Friday last, seven MIM corporators filed their nominations.

As many as 15 members would be elected from the 150 corporators. Mayor is the chairperson of the standing committee. In the present standing committee, Congress party has eight members while the MIM has seven members. The committee’s tenure is for one year.

GHMC secretary MSS Somaraju said that scrutiny of nominations will take place on May 29 and the list of valid nominations will be published on the same evening. Candidates can withdraw their names before 3 p.m. on June 1. The list of contesting candidates will be published on the same evening.

If there are more than 15 candidates in the fray, corporators have to indicate their priority for the candidates in the fray. If the corporators vote for more than 15, their vote would be rejected.

Cong nominees win Sanchi, Churhat local bodies’ polls

Tuesday, 28 May 2013 07:01 administrator

The Pioneer 28.05.2013

Cong nominees win Sanchi, Churhat local bodies’ polls

The bad phase of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the local bodies election continued as the ruling party in Madhya Pradesh lost Churhat Nagar Panchayat of Sidhi district and Sanchi Nagar Panchayat of Raisen district. The results were declared on Monday.

State Congress president and MP Kantilal Bhuria and leader of opposition in the State Assembly Ajay Singh expressed happiness over the party’s victory and congratulated the victorious candidates.

Bhuria and Singh also took the opportunity to express gratitude towards the electorate of Churhat and Sanchi for making Congress victorious.

Congress candidate Poornima Patel defeated Urmila Pandey of BJP by 483 votes to register victory as Chairperson of Churhat Nagar Panchayat while the Congress candidates registered victory in 9 of the total 15 wards, BJP candidates could register victory in only three wards.

While, in the Sanchi Nagar Panchayat’s chairman election Congress’ candidate Sushila Ahirwar defeated BJP candidate Anjulata Mehra by a thin margin of 86 votes.

The results of the wards elections were awaited till the filing of this report. Bhuria in a statement said that earlier this year the elections for 8 municipalities and Nagar Panchayats were held and the ruling party openly used Government machinery and spent huge money to lure the electorate but the Congress registered victory on seven of the eight local bodies that went to poll.

Now, the result of Churhat and Sanchi clearly indicates that the mass base of the ruling BJP is losing fast and the countdown for BJP has begun, he added.

Singh in his statement said that the results make it clear that the people of the State have fed up with the misgovernance of the BJP in the State. The polling in favour of Congress candidates shows that the faith of people of the State, has increased on Congress and they wish to get rid of the BJP Government, he added.