Deccan Herald 24.08.2013
Mayoral election on September 4
Mayor and members of the 12 standing committees of the Bruhat
Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) will be held on September 4.
Announcing
the schedule on Thursday, a release by BBMP stated that nominations,
scrutiny and withdrawal of nominations and elections will be conducted
on the same day. While nominations will be accepted from 9 am to 11 am,
the other procedures will begin by 1 pm.
There are many in the
race for Mayor’s post and the likely candidate according to sources in
the BJP is corporator of J P Park V R Nanjundappa.
His closest
rival seems to be H Ravindra from Vijayanagar. Sources say there is
pressure to choose a Vokkaliga candidate to which the two belong to.
While Katte Sathyanarayana, the Basavangudi corporator and the other
contender belongs to the Brahmin community, there is some opposition to
his selection as even the previous Mayor Venkatesh Murthy also hailed
from Bangalore south area.
the BJP in four days time. The election of corporator Indira as Deputy
Mayor seems to be a foregone conclusion as she is the only ST (Woman) in
the race.
The twelve standing committees to which elections
will be held are Tax and Finance Committee, Standing Committee on Public
Health, Town Planning and Improvement Committee, Major Public works
Committee, Ward Level Public Works Committee, Accounts Committee,
Education Committee, Social Justice and Welfare committee, Appeal
Committee, Horticulture committee, Market Committee and Establishment
and Administrative Reforms Committee.
