Mysore/Mysuru: With just two days to go for the new Mayoral polls (on June 11) for the current term, the three major political parties are busy finalising their strategies for getting the top post. At present, the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) is ruled by JD(S)-Congress coalition, with Deputy Mayor Anwar Baig of Congress functioning as…
Fresh Mayoral election: Nomination begins
June 5, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Following the announcement of June 11 as the date for fresh Mayoral election, the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has said that the nomination of papers has started. In a press release, the MCC said that the aspirants can file their nomination papers in Form 27 on all working days from June 3 to 11….
Previous Mayoral poll fallout – I will do what High Command says: MLA Tanveer Sait
June 5, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: After the bitter fallout with Opposition leader Siddharamaiah’s camp following the last Mayoral election held on Feb. 24, in which Rukmini Madegowda of the JD(S) was elected Mayor, N.R. Constituency Congress MLA Tanveer Sait has said that he will do only what the Congress High Command asks him to do. Speaking to presspersons at…
New Mayoral polls: Political activities hots up in all three major parties
June 3, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: With the announcement of the date for the new Mayoral polls (June 11), political activities in all the three major political parties — BJP, Congress and JD(S) — has hottened up, with each party working out fresh strategies for getting the Mayor post, which has become vacant following the disqualification of Rukmini Madegowda of…
Mayoral Poll row: MLA Tanveer Sait gets notice
March 3, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: The Disciplinary Committee of Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) has served a notice on Narasimharaja (NR) MLA Tanveer Sait over the controversy shrouding the Mysuru Mayoral elections last week. Following instructions from the Party High Command, Disciplinary Committee President K. Rahman Khan has served a notice to Sait seeking detailed explanation on what transpired…
JD(S) will accept Tanveer Sait if Congress acts against him: S.R. Mahesh
March 1, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: K.R. Nagar JD(S) MLA S.R. Mahesh said that the JD(S) was willing to accept NR Congress MLA Tanveer Sait into the party fold, if the Congress party takes disciplinary action against him in connection with Mysuru Mayoral polls. Addressing a press meet at his Office near Rama Vilas Road here yesterday, Mahesh said that…
Tanveer Sait in Bengaluru, to meet KPCC President
March 1, 2021Bengaluru: N.R. Congress MLA Tanveer Sait arrived at Bengaluru this morning to meet KPCC President D.K. Shivakumar over the issue of Mysuru Mayoral polls. Sait was summoned by Shivakumar to seek an explanation on the circumstances that led Congress Corporators to support JD(S) candidate in Mayoral polls that was held on Feb. 24. But even…
Individual pride taking toll on Congress, says MLA
February 28, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Asserting that he is a loyal Congressman and not a product up for sale, NR MLA Tanveer Sait, whose role in the just concluded Mysuru Mayoral polls has caused a rift in the Congress, said that it is not correct for any party leader to discredit others just for the sake of maintaining one’s…
JD(S) leaders demand expulsion of MLA G.T. Devegowda, MLC Sandesh Nagaraj
February 28, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Accusing Party Legislators G.T. Devegowda and Sandesh Nagaraj of deliberately staying away from the Mayoral polls after striking a ‘deal’ with another party, JD(S) leaders of city and district have sought expulsion of the two Legislators from the party. Addressing a press meet at Patrakarthara Bhavan here yesterday, City JD(S) President K.T. Cheluvegowda said…
Mayor’s post to JD(S) was a local decision: R. Dhruvanarayan
February 28, 2021Chamarajanagar: Even as the rift continues to rage in Mysuru City Congress over the Mayoral Polls, KPCC working President and former Chamarajanagar MP R. Dhruvanarayan, who was deputed as KPCC Observer for Mysuru Mayoral polls, has said that the decision to let go the Mayor post to the JD(S) was taken at the local level…
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