Diwakar elected new mayor of Mangaluru
Mangaluru: Diwakar Pandeshwar, BJP Corporator from Cantonment ward, was on Friday elected new Mayor of Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC). Vedavathi, Corporator from Kulai, was elected the Deputy Mayor. The mayoral election was held at the MCC conference hall.
All the 60 corporators, two MLAs Vedavyasa Kamath and Bharath Y Shetty and Ivan D'Souza, MLC, cast their vote in the election, while Nalin Kumar Kateel, MP, did not turn up.
The standing committee members for various departments were also elected. The Congress had put up candidates for both the posts. Keshava who was fielded for the Mayor's post got 15 votes including the MLC vote.
Deputy Mayor candidate Zeenath Shamshuddin, who was supported by SDPI's two members, secured 17 votes, while both the BJP candidates got 46 votes including the votes of their two MLAs.
In the November 12 elections to the 60-member Corporation council, BJP had won 44 seats, while the Congress got only 14.
SDPI members were elected from two wards.
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Kalaburagi (PTI): Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday said Narendra Modi has undermined the dignity of the Prime Minister's post with lies and inflaming people's sentiments.
"Narendra Modi is very good at lying. They have marketed lies. He is trying to harm the dignity of people by saying irrelevant things, inflaming people's feelings, polarizing them, which undermines the dignity of the post of Prime Minister," Siddaramaiah said, while addressing a press conference here.
He said Congress has complained about this to the Election Commission.
"We have complained to the Election Commission regarding his speeches on reservation and 'Mangalsutra' issues. No action has been taken yet. Notice has been given to them. We look forward to taking action," the Chief Minister said.
He added that people understand the lies of the Prime Minister better.
Regarding the ruling Congress' poll prospects in Karnataka, he said the party expects a good show given the success of five guarantees.
"As our five guarantees have made an impact on the lives of people and the Congress party has acted as promised, I am confident that people have trust and confidence in the Congress," Siddaramaiah said.
Stating that people will judge according to their discretion, the Chief Minister said the voters are intelligent and politically mature.
