Diwaker is new Mayor ; Vedavathi elected Deputy Mayor

Mangalore Today News Network

Mangaluru,Feb 28, 2020: Diwaker, Corporator of Cantonment Ward  is the new Mayor of Mangaluru while Kulai Corporator Vedavathi is the Deputy Mayor. The  much awaited election to the two posts  were held on February 28, Friday.

 

The Congress had  fielded Keshava as its candidate. While Diwaker  bagged 46 votes including the votes of two MLAs, Keshava managed to get 15 votes including the vote of MLC Ivan D’Souza.

The Congress had fielded Zeenath Shamshuddin for the election to the post of Deputy Mayor. Vedavathi of BJP secured 46 votes while Zeenath bagged 17 votes.

The two SDPI corporators Muneeb Bengre and Shamshad Aboobakker who remained neutral in the election to the post of Mayor, however voted for Zeenath in the Deputy Mayor election.

Mangaluru South MLA Vedavyas Kamath, Mangaluru North MLA Bharath Shetty,  Deputy Commissioner Sindhu P Rupesh,  MCC commissioner Ajith Kumar, Election Officer and Mysuru zone Regional Commissioner V Yashwanth were present among others.

Standing Committee Members were also elected on the occasion.

Accounts Standing Committee : Anil Kumar, M Shashidhar Hegde, Jagadish Shetty, Gayatri, Sandhya, Revathi and Lokesh.

Public Health, Educational and Justice Committee : Ashraf, Poornima, Chandravati, Varun Chowta, Lohith, Bharath Kumar and Sumitra

 City Planning and Development Standing Committee : Abdul Latif, A C Vinayraj, Sharath Kumar, Shakeela Kava, Kadri Manohar Shetty, Kishore Kottari and Nayana R.