Newskarnataka-Mangalore
Mangalore : If the reservation for the post of Mayor of Mangalore City Corporation after almost four months after the elections, now the mayoral election has witnessed a fresh hurdle with JD(S) corporator from Kudroli ward Azeez Kudroli moving the High Court questioning the reservation of the post for a general category woman candidate.
The petitioner has contended that the reservation is in favour of women for the third time in the past six year period. This move by the JD(S) corporator when the date of election of Mayor is fixed at September 12, has come in as a disappointment for the Congress.
Already all corporators have been intimated about the meeting. The Congress on its part has convened a meeting on September 8 to select its candidate.
Meanwhile, the hearing into the petition is to be held on September 3 and the fate of the Mayoral election depends on the court ruling.