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New president and vice president for Bangalore Urban Zilla Panchayat

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Congress leader KC Ramachandra has been elected as the new president of the Bangalore Urban Zilla Panchayat while Sarvamangala B Krishnappa of JD(S) is elected as the vice president. The Bangalore Urban Zilla Panchayat has 16 BJP members, 14 Congress and 4 JD(S) members. The president post for this term was reserved for SC category, while the vice president post was for general category.

KC Ramachandra, an elected member from Hulimangala Zilla panchayat had no opponent for the president post. The election commissioner Gaurav Gupta announced him as the new president for the term of 19 months.Earlier, for the post of vice president of the Bangalore Urban Zilla Panchayat, six members including TG Annapurna Krishnamurthy (JDS), Srilaja (BJP), G Manjula Shekar (BJP) and Chandrappa from (JDS) were in the race, but four of them withdrew their nominations.  Finally, Shobha G Ramesh of BJP and Sarvamangala B Krishnappa of JD(S) remained in the election race .

During the election both the candidates got 17 votes each. At last the election commissioner had to go for a lottery process. Sarvamangala B Krishnappa won the lottery process and got the vice president seat.

However, the BJP has more strength than the JD(S) in zilla panchayat, but interestingly the JD(S) party candidate with its four seats secured 17 votes and through the lottery process got selected their candidates as the vice president.

KC Ramachandra listing out his priorities as a new president said, "Urban district has shortage of rainfall and isfacing water crisis. Therefore, my first priority is to supply drinking water and find alternative sources of water. There is also a need for improvement of roads. Along with these, there are farmers who are facing several problems related to cattle and agriculture. This problem should also be solved."

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