TP polls: Cong. members elected
The Hindu
Shabnam and Jayaprakash Shetty of the Congress were elected president and vice-president respectively of Tirthahalli Town Panchayat on Thursday. The Congress had won nine of the total 15 seats in the
Shabnam and Jayaprakash Shetty of the Congress were elected president and vice-president respectively of Tirthahalli Town Panchayat on Thursday. The Congress had won nine of the total 15 seats in the elections recently.
The BJP had fielded Jyothi Mohan and Raveesh for the two posts. However, they could secure only six votes each. Tirthahalli is represented by Home Minister Araga Jnanendra in the Legislative Assembly.
Following the elections, the Congress workers celebrated the occasion. Former Minister Kimmane Ratnakar and Manjunath Gowda joined the celebrations.
The election authorities are gearing up for the counting of votes cast in the simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh, scheduled to be held on June 4. The Collectors and Election Officers of Visakhapatnam, Anakapalli and Alluri Sitharama Raju (ASR) districts said on May 23 (Thursday) that their teams were ready for the counting of votes.
Responding to the prolonged water scarcity, the residents of the area took to the streets in protest on Wednesday. The protest, which drew attention to their plight, stopped only after the intervention of the police. It was not until 1.30 p.m. that a 4000-litre tanker was finally delivered by BWSSB, providing relief to the water-starved residents.