Kundapur: Kalavati Elected as Councilor, Nagaraj as Deputy Councilor

By Bernard J D Costa
Bellevision Media Network

Kundapur, 21 Sep, 2013 : CPI (M) corporator Kalavati U S was elected as councilor for municipal body and BJP corporator K Nagaraj Kamadhenu as deputy councilor during the election held recently.

 

Kalavati U S

Out of a total strength of 23 seats, BJP enjoys majority with 12 seats, while both Congress and CPI (M) share 11 seats.  As per the reservation set by the state government CPI (M) corporator Kalavati was elected as councilor with a choice.

There were rumors that deputy councilor’s post would go to Congress, if the chaos continued in BJP during the recently held assembly elections and the deputy councilor’s post was reserved for backward class A.

 

Nagaraj Kamadhenu

BJP corporator Nagaraj Kamadhenu and Congress corporator Chandrashekar Karvi have submitted their nomination papers for deputy councilor’s post.  Nagaraj Kamadhenu secured 13 votes while Chandrashekar Karvi secured 12 votes.

Tahsildar Gayatri Nayak conducted the proceedings as electioneering officer.