Pravin is Mangalore's new Mayor

Mangalore, February 28: Pravin has been elected as Mayor of Mangalore, while Geetha Nayak was elected the Deputy Mayor, in the elections held at MCC on Monday, February 28.

Pravin, a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate, defeated Appi of the Congress by a margin of 13 votes. Geetha Nayak of BJP defeated Mamatha Shenoy of the Congress by the same margin.

Pravin and Geetha Nayak secured the votes of 34 BJP Corporators while the Congress candidates secured 21 votes including a vote from an Independent Corporator.

Four Corporators namely Harish K Surathkal, Jayanthi Shetty, Abdul Azeez and Mariamma Thomas abstained from voting. However, Mariamma Thomas supported Congress candidates Appi and Mamatha Shenoy.

Two corporators Jyothi Jayaprakash and Harish were absent during the election.

Pravin, a mechanist, represents Derebail South ward number 24 and Geetha Nayak represents Mannagudde ward number 28.

The Mayor post was reserved for Scheduled Caste and the Deputy Mayor's for a woman (General)

Mysore Regional Commissioner MV Jayanthi conducted the election. Additional Regional Commissioner Manjunath Nayak and MCC Commissioner Dr KN Vijaya Prakash were present.

Former Mayor Shankar Bhat, MCC Opposition leader Ashok Kumar DK, Abdul Azeez, Mariamma Thomas, Amitha Kala and other corporators congratulated the Mayor and Deputy Mayor.

Addressing the gathering, Mayor Pravin expressed his gratitude to the leaders of the party as well as for the people who elected him. He promised that during his tenure he would stand for the expectation of the citizen. He also sought the cooperation during his tenure.

The Deputy Mayor sought everybody's cooperation to keep Mangalore clean, progressive and beautiful.

Congratulating the newly elected Mayor and Deputy Mayor, Rajani Dugganna, the outgoing Mayor expressed her satisfaction over her successful tenure as Mayor of MCC. She said “I am proud that several development works such as concretization, drinking water supply, road repairs have carried out. MCC has also bagged the second best city corporation award in the State during my tenure,” Dugganna said.

The newly elected Mayor as well as the Deputy Mayor are slated to hold the office till February 27, 2012.