Deccan Herald 22.08.2013
Next mayor will be from general category
The State government on Tuesday finally issued
notification reserving the post of mayor for general category and the
deputy mayor for scheduled tribes (woman).
The notification has ended the four-month-long dilemma over the next mayor and the deputy mayor of Bangalore.
The
elections to the seats of mayor and deputy mayor were supposed to be
held on April 27 this year. But due to the litigation and the code of
conduct for the Assembly elections, the elections did not happen.
As a result, the current incumbent D Venkatesh Murthy continued to function as caretaker Mayor for the last four months.
Due
to the extended tenure, Murthy became the longest serving Mayor of
Bangalore, who created a history of sorts by tabling the budget for
second consecutive time.
Hectic lobbying
Corporators vying for the coveted post have started lobbying following the notification. Basavanagudi
corporator Katte Satyanarayana, Pattabhiramanagar corporator C K
Ramamurthy, JP Nagar corporator B R Nanjundappa and Vijayanagar
corporator H Ravindra are the frontrunners for the mayor’s post.
