KALABURAGI: Polls to elect the mayor and deputy mayor will be held on February 5 at the Town Hall.
The post of mayor is reserved for a Scheduled Caste, and deputy mayor’s post is reserved for the general category. Chairmen for various standing committees will be appointed on the same day.
Right now, there are 27 Congress corporators, 24 BJP corporators and 4 JD(S) corporators, of a total 55 wards. Including two MPs, three MLAs and three MLCs, the total number of members in the corporation is 63, and a simple majority of 32 votes is needed to win the election.
The BJP has now included 5 more MLCs in the Kalaburagi City Corporation voters list, due to which the total number will increase to 68, and a simple majority of 35 votes is required to get a simple majority, and the BJP has this number. Including an MP, 2 MLAs, 3 MLCs and 24 corporators, the BJP had 30 votes. However, after including five more names like Laxman Savadi, Tulasi Gowda, Lehar Singh, Bharathi Shetty and Raghunathrao Malkapure, five new names have been included, due to which the BJP has increased its strength to 35. Congress members have opposed this, and have submitted a complaint letter to the regional commissioner.
Meanwhile, resentment has been growing in Hubballi-Dharwad, where the corporators elected in September are yet to be officially sworn in, and the mayoral elections yet to be held. The Congress has been asking the state government to expedite the process.
