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JD(S) candidates elected to top posts of Chitradurga CMC

Staff Correspondent

Gausia Banu elected president, Rudrani elected vice-president

Three independent councillors support JD(S)
JD(S) has 17 seats in the 35-member council

Winners: Gausia Banu (left) and Rudrani (right) after their victory in the elections to the posts of president and vice-president respectively of the Chitradurga City Municipal Council on Thursday.

Chitradurga: Women candidates of the Janata Dal (Secular) were elected to the posts of president and vice-president of the Chitradurga City Municipal Council (CMC) in the elections held under tight police security on Thursday.

Gausia Banu, representing Ward No. 14, was elected president and Rudrani of Ward No. 35 was elected vice-president of the CMC. The post of president was reserved for the Backward Classes (A) candidate while the vice-president’s post was reserved for the Backward Classes (B) candidate.

In the 35-member council, the Janata Dal (S) has won 17 seats and the Congress has won 15 seats. The CMC also has three independent councillors.

With the support of the three independent councillors and the vote of B.T. Channabasappa, MLC, the Janata Dal (S) nominees were elected to the top posts with 21 votes each.

The Congress had fielded Sayeeda Banu and Manjunath Reddy for the posts and they got 16 votes each including the vote of N.Y. Hanumantappa, MP. Both Janata Dal (S) and Congress tried to get the support of independent councillors. However, the Janata Dal (S) was successful in its bid, according to sources in the two parties.

As there were reports of the possible victory of the Janata Dal (S) nominees, a large numbers of supporters of the party, led by their leader S.K. Basavarajan and Mr. Channabasappa, had gathered outside the CMC office.

Except Mr. Hanumantappa and a few of his supporters, no other district-level leaders of the Congress were present.

Even as the polling was on, the Janata Dal (S) supporters were beating drums and dancing outside the CMC office. Soon after the announcement of the results, they celebrated the victory of their party candidates by smearing “gulal” on each other and bursting crackers.

Later, they took out a procession in the city.

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