The suspense over the Mayoral polls in Mysuru ended on Tuesday afternoon with the BJP bagging both the coveted posts of Mayor and Deputy Mayor with the election of its candidates Shivakumar and G. Roopa respectively.
Though no single party commanded a majority of its own in the 65-member Mysuru City Corporation (MCC), a last minute understanding between the BJP and JD(S) to share the posts of Mayor and Deputy Mayor respectively paved the way for the election of Mr. Shivakumar, a three-time corporator representing Ward No. 47, as the Mayor of Mysuru.
However, the calculations of the JD(S) went awry when the candidature of its candidate Reshma Banu was rejected because her nomination papers were not accompanied by Backward Class A certificate, the category to which the post of Deputy Mayor was reserved.
