Delay in Mayor Election: Senior Cong Corporators planning to quit?

Mangalore Today News Network

Mangalore, Jan 15, 2014: It has been reliably gathered that several senior Congress  corporators are planning to quit enmasse  in protest against the deliberate delay in  the election of Mayor even a year after the civic body polls.

Sources say majority of the Corporators attended a  closed door meeting held at the office of the Standing Committee of the MCC and  have decided to quit if the government failed to  divert attention to this issue. The meet was reportedly  held under the leadership of senior corporators   Shashidhar  Hegde and Deepak Poojari.

Here it is worth mentioning that the election of Mayor of Mangalore  was first postponed in the backdrop of the assembly elections. Later  a corporator had  moved the Court challenging the reservation of the post for women. The court which had heard the petition had stayed the election.

Presently, in the absence of the mayor, various works in the city are pending and  Corporators too are tired of waiting. It has also been gathered that the Congress leader are planning to move HC seeking to reconsider its ruling. They are also likely to take a delegation to the Chief Minister.