Bantwala: Congress-SDPI alliance continued as expected in Bantwala municipality, Vasu Pujari Loretto of Congress was elected as the new president and Monish Ali Pilippet of SDPI was elected as the vice president.
Bantwala Municipality President Vice President selection process was held on Thursday, Bantwala Tahsildar D. Archana Bhat as election officer conducted the selection process of the new President - Vice President. Chief Leena Britto and staff cooperated.
The post of president was reserved for general category and the post of vice president was reserved for H. category (A).
In the Bantwala municipality, which has a total strength of 27 members, the strength of the members fell to 26 in the background of the resignation of Gangadhar, who was elected by the Congress. Congress and BJP have 11 seats each. SDPI had 4 members from BJP. Here was crucial.
BJP increased its number to 13 as MP K. Brijesh Chowta and MLA Rajesh Naik also had a chance to vote in the election of President and Vice President. Congress and S.D.P.I. As the alliance continues in power for the second term, it has secured 15 votes and is at the helm of power.
Nomination for the post of President:
On the occasion of submission of nomination papers, B. Vasu Pujari from Congress submitted nomination papers as an official candidate, member Idrees from SDPI submitted nomination papers as a dummy, and senior BJP member A. Govinda Prabhu contested. The Congress followed a wait-and-see strategy without fielding a candidate for the post of Vice President as a special one. SDPI Monish Ali and BJP’s Hariprasad had filed their nomination papers for the post of Vice President. As expected, SDPI’s Idrees withdrew from the candidacy for the post of president during the withdrawal of nomination papers.
At this time, Congress’s presidential candidate, SDPI’s vice-presidential candidate and BJP’s president and vice-presidential candidate are in the fray, Congress-SDPI. The stage was set for alliance selection. As expected Vasupujari of Congress was elected as President and Monish Ali of SDPI was elected as Vice President and took the helm of power with a simple majority. Although the Congress-SDPI alliance was formed in the first term, the Congress did not give anything to the SDPI, so Mohammed Sharif of the Congress and Jacinta were elected as the vice-president.
In the second term, SDPI had its eye on the post of President. In the background of the Congress leaders not agreeing to this, SDPI submitted nomination papers for the post of President-Vice President. SDPI stepped back from the post of president as the Congress took a smart step without submitting nomination papers for the post of vice president. By that, these two parties have shared the position and are in power.
Development Work – Vasu Pujari
The new president, Vasu Poojary, spoke to the reporters on this occasion and said that his priority is development work, under the guidance of former minister B. Ramanatha Rai and with the cooperation of all the members, he will provide corruption-free and transparent administration. On this occasion, Congress municipal councilors, party leaders like Pius Rodrigues, Chandraprakash Shetty, Baby Kunder, Sudeep Kumar Shetty, Padmasekhara Jain, Mailappa Salian, Mohammed Nanda etc. were present.
Corruption free governance - Munish Ali
Talking to the reporters on the occasion, the new Vice President, Munish Ali, vowed that he would work not to allow even a single penny of corruption. He said that he will work according to the expectations of the people that the municipality should be governed in a corruption-free manner.