Congress wins Mayoral polls in Vijayapura
The Hindu
BJP MLA Basanagouda Patil Yatnal says the Mayoral elections in Vijayapura are illegal, as the Congress wins the Mayor and Deputy Mayor posts on Tuesday.
The Congress won the Mayor and Deputy Mayor posts in Vijayapura in the elections held on Tuesday.
Mehjabeen Horti was elected Mayor and Dinesh Somalingaiah (Halli) was elected Deputy Mayor. Ms. Horti polled 22 votes and Mr. Somalingaiah was elected unopposed.
Regional Commissioner Sanjay Shettannanavar announced the results.
The 38-member House has 17 BJP members and 10 Congress members, two AIMIM members, one from the Janata Dal(S) and five Independents.
Meanwhile, BJP MLA Basanagouda Patil Yatnal has said that the elections were illegal.
“These elections have been conducted when there is a case pending in court. We will challenge this legally,” he said.
“The Congress won because we boycotted it. We have filed applications before the Regional Commissioner and the Deputy Commissioner urging them to postpone polling. But our pleas were not heard,” he said.
More than 2.6 lakh village and ward volunteers in Andhra Pradesh, once celebrated as the government’s grassroots champions for their crucial role in implementing welfare schemes, are now in a dilemma after learning that their tenure has not been renewed after August 2023 even though they have been paid honoraria till June 2024. Disowned by both YSRCP, which was in power when they were appointed, and the current ruling TDP, which made a poll promise to double their pay, these former volunteers are ruing the day they signed up for the role which they don’t know if even still exists