N. Mahesh draws flak for teaming up with BJP in Kollegal CMC chief polls
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Former Minister N. Mahesh, who had been expelled from the BSP after he abstained from voting through the belief vote of the H.D. Kumaraswamy authorities final yr, has drawn flak from the BSP leaders in the State for becoming a member of forces with the BJP and defeating the celebration’s candidate throughout final week’s elections to the submit of president of Kollegal City Municipal Council (CMC).
Seven out of 9 BSP councillors in the 31-member home went in opposition to the whip issued by the celebration in favour of its candidates throughout final week’s elections to the submit of president and vice-president of Kollegal CMC.
The seven BSP members alongside with seven BJP members, one Independent, moreover Chamarajanagar MP Srinivas Prasad and Mr. Mahesh himself had voted in favour of insurgent BSP candidate Gangamma for the submit of president and BJP’s Kavitha as vp. The 31-member Kollegal CMC contains 11 Congress members, 9 BSP members, 7 BJP members, moreover 4 Independents.
Though Mr. Mahesh has been claiming that he would stay impartial and performance as an Independent MLA, BSP leaders in the State identified that the Kollegal MLA’s transfer to align with the BJP in the current CMC polls was preceded by his rising proximity to the saffron celebration leaders. “He was hobnobbing with BJP Ministers and party leaders in the district,” mentioned BSP’s State General Secretary Nagendra.
Call for resignation
Calling upon Mr. Mahesh, who had at the same time as a Minister in the coalition authorities led by H.D. Kumaraswamy, to resign from the Assembly and get re-elected as an Independent, Mr. Nagendra mentioned the Kollegal MLA mustn’t overlook the sweat of lots of of BSP cadres, who had toiled exhausting for his profitable election through the 2018 meeting polls. Many BSP employees had contributed their hard-earned wages for Mr. Mahesh’s election marketing campaign, Mr Nagendra claimed.
Apart from Kollegal, the elections to the posts in Chamarajanagar too noticed the lone BSP councillor vote in assist of the BJP candidate.
Mr. Nagendra mentioned the celebration had taken the event critically had could be transferring the courts quickly for disqualification of all of the BJP councillors, who had violated the whip.
‘Communal’ forces
Congress chief and former Chamarajanagar MP R. Dhruvanarayan too has criticised Mr. Mahesh for figuring out himself with ‘communal’ forces after criticising them all through his political profession. Clearly, Mr. Mahesh doesn’t consider in secularism, Mr Dhruvanarayan mentioned.
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