Elections for TP standing committee posts held

Elections for TP standing committee posts held

Mangalore Today News Network

Mangalore, Nov 29, 2012 : The elections for standing committee posts for the Taluk Panchayat were held on Nov 27, Tuesday.  When the meeting began, the members of the opposition Congress complained that the president was not punctual and that the meeting began late. Even when the president finally arrived, members of the Congress stayed away. When President Harish and MLA Krishna Palemar urged the members of the Congress to take part in the meeting, they finally agreed.

The resulting peace, however, was short lived. As soon as the procedure for the election of the president of the standing committee began, differences of opinion began arising among members of different parties.

When things finally settled down, the elections continued, but there was confusion once again when some said that they wanted unanimous selections instead of elections. Finally, the members decided to raise their hands to choose a president.

Vajrakshi Shetty of BJP and Johnson Pinto of Congress contested for the post of president. While the BJP got 28 votes, the Congress got 18 votes. The presidents of the 10 GPs were also present.

TP CEO Rohitdas conducted the elections.

The members of the standing committee are Ramesh Shetty, Raju Kunder, Savithri, Mustafa, and Suresh Chawta, with Vajrakshi Shetty as the president.

The members of the general standing committee are Vanitha, Yogish, Laveena, and Dhanyavathi, with Rajeevi Kempumannu as the president.

The members of the financial audits standing committee are Surekha and Vijayalaksmi Devaki, with Ramesh Poojary as the president.