NewsKarnataka-Bangalore
Bangalore : Satyanarayana Katte of the BJP has been elected unopposed as the new Mayor of BBMP. Katte who is the corporator of Basavanagudi ward has been elected corporator for the fourth time.
The Deputy Mayor’s post reserved for a SC candidate went to N Indira of the Congress who represents Byatarayanapura Ward.
As far as the Mayoral election was concerned, the BJP had served a whip to all its members to vote for Katte. There were several aspirants in the BJP.
The issue of reservation for the mayor and deputy mayor’s post was in the High Court and the court ruling had reserved the mayor post for general category candidate and the deputy mayor’s post to an SC candidate.