Congress wins Mayoral polls in Vijayapura
The Hindu
BJP MLA Basanagouda Patil Yatnal says the Mayoral elections in Vijayapura are illegal, as the Congress wins the Mayor and Deputy Mayor posts on Tuesday.
The Congress won the Mayor and Deputy Mayor posts in Vijayapura in the elections held on Tuesday.
Mehjabeen Horti was elected Mayor and Dinesh Somalingaiah (Halli) was elected Deputy Mayor. Ms. Horti polled 22 votes and Mr. Somalingaiah was elected unopposed.
Regional Commissioner Sanjay Shettannanavar announced the results.
The 38-member House has 17 BJP members and 10 Congress members, two AIMIM members, one from the Janata Dal(S) and five Independents.
Meanwhile, BJP MLA Basanagouda Patil Yatnal has said that the elections were illegal.
“These elections have been conducted when there is a case pending in court. We will challenge this legally,” he said.
“The Congress won because we boycotted it. We have filed applications before the Regional Commissioner and the Deputy Commissioner urging them to postpone polling. But our pleas were not heard,” he said.
The Election Commission of India will hold a press conference on June 3, a day before the counting of votes polled in the Lok Sabha polls. Till the 2019 parliamentary polls, deputy election commissioners used to hold media briefings after each phase of polls, but the practice has been done away with.