Udupi CMC posts for polling today

Mangalore Today News Network

Udupi, Mar 29, 2016:  Elections to the posts of president and vice-president of the Udupi City Municipal Council (CMC) for the next 30 months will be held at the CMC Office here on March 29, Tuesday. The post of the president of the CMC is reserved for woman (general category), while the post of vice-president is reserved for a woman belonging to the Scheduled Caste.

The CMC has a total strength of 35. For the post of the president of the CMC, as many as nine women councillors of the Congress and all four women councillors of the BJP, qualify. The two major contenders in the Congress are Amrita Krishnamurthyand Meenaxi Madhav Bannanje.

As the post of the vice-president is reserved for a woman of the Schedule Caste, there is only one Councillor in the entire council — Sandhya Kumari of the Congress— who is eligible. She represents the Vadabhandeshwara ward.