MySuru: Thirty-eight years after Mysuru Municipal Body was enhanced to the company, Mysuru had the Mayor of BJP for the first time as an alliance between Congress and JD fell on Wednesday.
Lady Luck smiled at Senior BJP Corporator Sunana Palanetra, six months after a failed offer.
Sunana, all eyes with tears in February after he lost the Mayor’s poll, all of all smiled after Wednesday’s election.
However, the Mayor of the 26th will only have a six-month term of office as the term ends on February 23, 2022.
Corporator Three terms from MySuru City Corporation (MCC) Ward 59 (Kuvempunagar M Block), Sunana won the election by securing 26 voting with HM Shantakumanari from Congress and Ashwini Ananthu from JD (s).
His two opponents got 22 votes.
The selection was held after the Disqualification of JD (s) Corporator Rukmini Madegowda as Corporator after the petition submitted by his Congress opponent.
Following disqualification as a Canporator, Rukmini lost mayor’s position.
Regional Commissioner Division MySuru GC Prakash conducted elections.
Commissioner MCC G Lakshmikantha Reddy was present.
St Somashekar District Minister, who was in town, rushed to MCC after a party victory.
He connects success to party leaders and canporators, but does not comment on JD.
He greeted the newly chosen mayor and said it would help in the development of the city.
Already close to being the last mayor of the last time: Sunana Palanetra, who is a relative of former CM BS Yediyurappa, has suffered a defeat during the election of the Mayor.
He almost became the last mayor of the last time, but at the last moment, JD (s) hand in hand with Congress to pocket the Mayor’s post.
JD (s) Corporator Rukmini Madegowda from Ward 36 has become the Mayor and Corporator Corporator Anwar Baig is the Deputy Mayor.
Semanda who was disappointed even planned to resign as a corporator.
He has completed the Masters in Political Science from University of Mysore.
Her husband Palanetra was a retired engineer and his two daughters of each doctor and engineer.
“I’m happy to be the mayor.
I will focus on developing the city together with all Corporators cutting the party,” he said.
The political drama for the Mayor’s post: Congress leader and JD (s) held a discussion until 11 o’clock before the election, but it did not produce any results.
As rejected by members of JD to choose their candidates, Congress members shouted slogans against members JD and do walkouts.
Former Minister and Congress Mla Tanveer Sait, who was assigned to get the mayor’s position for the party, said he accepted the responsibility for the party’s defeat even when he stressed that it was a scenario he tried to stop in February when he agreed to (s) Mayor While settling for the Mayor’s deputy post.
“I took responsibility for the setback,” he told reporters who added that he had told JD that the party would give JD (s) the deputy position of the Mayor with Anwar Baig who was constantly from the Mayor’s Deputy Post.
But JD did not move, “he said