The Congress and JD(S) on Sunday decided to continue their alliance in the BBMP. The mayoral election is slated for Wednesday. The Congress will get the mayor's post, while the deputy mayor's post will go to the JD(S). A decision to this effect was taken during a meeting between Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee president G Parameshwara and JD(S) state chief H D Kumaraswamy here.
The JD(S) is learnt to have demanded four standing committee chairperson posts, but the Congress did not agree. The two parties are likely to finalise the issue in a day or two, sources in the Congress said.
During the previous election held in September 2015, BNManjunath Reddy of the Congress and Hemalatha Gopalaiah of the JD(S)were elected mayor and deputy mayor respectively after the two parties agreed to share power in the BBMP. The two had defated their BJPrivals by a narrow margin of three votes.
BJPto field candidate
Meanwhile, senior BJPleader and former deputy chief minister R Ashoka on Sunday said the BJP has decided to field its candidate in the election for the post of mayor. The party corporators and MLAs from Bengaluru will chose the candidate.
The BJP is the single largest party in the BBMP council, he stated. Ashoka, however, refused to comment on the Congress and the JD(S) continuing their alliance in the BBMP.
The JD(S) is learnt to have demanded four standing committee chairperson posts, but the Congress did not agree. The two parties are likely to finalise the issue in a day or two, sources in the Congress said.
During the previous election held in September 2015, BNManjunath Reddy of the Congress and Hemalatha Gopalaiah of the JD(S)were elected mayor and deputy mayor respectively after the two parties agreed to share power in the BBMP. The two had defated their BJPrivals by a narrow margin of three votes.
BJPto field candidate
Meanwhile, senior BJPleader and former deputy chief minister R Ashoka on Sunday said the BJP has decided to field its candidate in the election for the post of mayor. The party corporators and MLAs from Bengaluru will chose the candidate.
The BJP is the single largest party in the BBMP council, he stated. Ashoka, however, refused to comment on the Congress and the JD(S) continuing their alliance in the BBMP.
The Congress and JD(S) on Sunday decided to continue their alliance in the BBMP. The mayoral election is slated for Wednesday. The Congress will get the mayor’s post, while the deputy mayor’s post will go to the JD(S). A decision to this effect was taken during a meeting between Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee president G Parameshwara and JD(S) state chief H D Kumaraswamy here.
The JD(S) is learnt to have demanded four standing committee chairperson posts, but the Congress did not agree. The two parties are likely to finalise the issue in a day or two, sources in the Congress said.
During the previous election held in September 2015, B N Manjunath Reddy of the Congress and Hemalatha Gopalaiah of the JD(S) were elected mayor and deputy mayor respectively after the two parties agreed to share power in the BBMP. The two had defated their BJP rivals by a narrow margin of three votes.
BJP to field candidate
Meanwhile, senior BJP leader and former deputy chief minister R Ashoka on Sunday said the BJP has decided to field its candidate in the election for the post of mayor. The party corporators and MLAs from Bengaluru will chose the candidate.
The BJP is the single largest party in the BBMP council, he stated. Ashoka, however, refused to comment on the Congress and the JD(S) continuing their alliance in the BBMP.
The JD(S) is learnt to have demanded four standing committee chairperson posts, but the Congress did not agree. The two parties are likely to finalise the issue in a day or two, sources in the Congress said.
During the previous election held in September 2015, B N Manjunath Reddy of the Congress and Hemalatha Gopalaiah of the JD(S) were elected mayor and deputy mayor respectively after the two parties agreed to share power in the BBMP. The two had defated their BJP rivals by a narrow margin of three votes.
BJP to field candidate
Meanwhile, senior BJP leader and former deputy chief minister R Ashoka on Sunday said the BJP has decided to field its candidate in the election for the post of mayor. The party corporators and MLAs from Bengaluru will chose the candidate.
The BJP is the single largest party in the BBMP council, he stated. Ashoka, however, refused to comment on the Congress and the JD(S) continuing their alliance in the BBMP.