Mangalore: Cong Rebel Bhandary Elected ZP President
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Daijiworld Media Network- Mangalore (RS/SB)
Mangalore, Aug 25: K Santhosh Kumar Bhandary was elected president with Jagannath Salian being elected as his deputy in the zilla panchayat (ZP) election held at ZP on Tuesday August 25.
Santhosh Kumar Bhandary elected from Sangabettu ZP constituency is a Congress rebel, who emerged victorious with the support of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) members in this presidential election. The total number of votes cast in Bhandary’s favour was 19 among which vote by G Sadanand Malli, a Congress member elected from Padu played a key role. On the expected lines, former ZP president K P Sucharitha Shetty from Puthige and Rajashree S Hegde from Layila, both members of Janata Dal (S) cast their vote in favour of Bhandary.
Presidential candidate from Congress, Sundar Gowda Icchila from Ujire constituency had to be content with 15 Congress votes. BJP member H Jagannath Salian elected from Vittal constituency, who accumulated 19 votes in his favour was elected vice-president scoring over Congress candidate Chandrashekar Kamath from Bellare constituency, who was able to amass only 15 Congress votes.
The other JD (S) members Abdul Aziz Malar from Konaje absented himself from the elections, while P Dharanendra Kumar from Naravi and U Babu Mugera Ernodi from Dharmastala voted in favour of Congress, but remained neutral as far as opposing BJP was concerned.
The total strength of ZP currently is at 35, with both Congress and BJP having 15 members each and JD (S) strength being of five members. Jayanti, regional commissioner from Mysore and deputy commissioner V Ponnuraj oversaw the election.