HUBBALLI: Uncertainty continues to loom on the elections to urban regional bodies in Dharwad and Kalaburagi districts.
On the 1 hand, the Karnataka Election Commission has taught the various deputy commissioners of both districts to prepare the voters’ rolls to the surveys to Hubballi-Dharwad Municipal Corporation (HDMC) along with Kalaburagi City Corporation (KCC), although the state authorities refused to budge from its own conclusion against elections for another few weeks — a conclusion the Karnataka cupboard occurred about April 26.
The conflicting directions from the 2 arms of the authorities have abandoned not just the officers, but political and political parties confounded.
Former HDMC corporator Tippanna Majjagi opined that handling Covid-19 should take precedence, since it had been a health care crisis.
“The Election Commission must respond to this situation in ways keeping the interests of the general public in your mind,” he explained.
Former deputy mayor and also Kalaburagi urge Mahesh Masurkar took exception using the government’s position.
“It sounds as if the government doesn’t want to devolve power to the rural and urban regional bodies,” Masurkar stated.
Former HDMC corporator and Hubballi-based urge Deepa Nagaraj Gouri stated the in the aftermath of this Bengaluru branch court issuing instructions to the Karnataka State Election Commission to maintain the HDMC surveys by July 30, there wasn’t any legal recourse for its state authorities.
“The authorities intentionally postponed announcing the booking matrix for HDMC.
If the high court required the authorities to work for its delay, then the dispensation transferred the apex court.
The EC should behave in compliance with the court requests,” Deepa stated.
She pointed out then State Election commissioner CR Chikkamath had made a decision to proceed with the surveys into the urban regional bodies in 2013 regardless of the administration’s insistence on behalf of the hustings.