Talapady (Ullal Taluk, Dakshina Kannada District), KARNATAKA:

Ullal: 

In a notable development, SDPI backed T. Ismail spearheaded the Talapady Gram Panchayat elections held on Thursday and assumed the president post with the support of BJP, while the BJP’s Pushpavathi Shetty was elected to the post of Vice-President unopposed.

In the meantime, Satyaraj, who also contested for the post of President, was defeated after the BJP supporters supported the SDPI backed member Ismail.

In the Panchayat, out of a total of 24 members, 13 of them were backed by the BJP, while one was backed by the Congress and 10 of them were backed by the SDPI. However, on the poll day, Congress backed Vaibhav Shetty and SDPI backed Habeeba D.B. were absent. Resulting in a tough tussle between T. Ismail and Satyaraj both competing for the post of President.

Meanwhile, both Ismail and Satyaraj were in a tie, with equal number of votes. However, later as per the election officer’s directions, the winner T. Ismail was decided based on the process of drawing lots. Even though the number of BJP supporters was higher, two of them voted for the SDPI backed leader, resulting in a tie.

source: http://www.english.varthabharati.in / Vartha Bharati / Home> Karavali / by Vartha Bharati / August 10th, 2023