Members elected to HDMC standing committees

Hubballi: Members were elected to four standing committees of the Hubballi-Dharwad Municipal Corporation (HDMC) at an

election

held here on Wednesday. A total of 28 members were elected to the committees.

The election was held in the presence of regional commissioner P A Meghannavar and members were elected to the Taxation, Finance and Appeals Standing Committee, Town planning & Development Standing Committee, Public Health, Education and Social Law Standing Committee and Accounts Standing Committees

Corporator

Yasin Haverpet

, who filed the nomination to the Taxation, Finance and Appeals, Standing Committee, Veeranna Savadi, who filed nomination to the Public Heath, Education and Social Law Standing Committee, withdrew their papers. Of the 76 members, 58 took part in the election and the others were absent.

Corporators Sudha Manikuntla, Raghunath Lakkannavar, Ratna Patil, Ramappa Badiger, Honnappa Arakeri, Anasuya Cholappanavar and Lakshman Gandagalekar were elected unopposed to the Taxation, Finance and Appeals Standing Committee.

Corporarors Famida Killedar, Shivanand Muttannavar, Lakshmibai Bijawada, Survarna Kallakuntla, Shankar Shelke, Rabia Begum Amatur and Beerappa Khandekar were elected unanimously to the Public Health, Education and Social Law Standing Committee.

Corporators Rajanna Koravi, Prakash Kyarakatti, Deepa Gauri, Balaram Kusugal, Lakshmi Uppar, Kamalakshi Sajjanavar and Panduranga Patill were elected to the Town planning & Development Standing Committee. Corporators Sanjay Kapatakar, Ashwini Majjagi, Leena Miskin, Nirmala Javali, Subhas Shinde, Manjunath Chittaginjala and Shaila Kamaraddi were elected unopposed to the Accounts Standing Committee.

Assistant commissioner Gangubai Mankar, HDMC commissioner Shakil Ahmed, Dharwad MP Pralhad Joshi, MLAs Arvind Bellad, Amrut Desai and S V Sankanur were present.

Dharwad ignored?

After the elections corporator Yasin Haverpet alleged that only corporators from Hubballi were given preference by the leaders of BJP, Congress and JD(S) and none from Dharwad were neglected.