JD(S) corporators insisting on mayor’s post in Kalaburagi

Kalaburagi: In the wake of the election to the Kalaburagi City Corporation (KCC) Council throwing up a fractured verdict, the four JD(S) corporators who were elected to the civic body hold the key to deciding which of the two national parties – BJP and Congress – stake claim to power. The four corporators left for Bengaluru to meet former Prime Minister and JD(S) president HD Deve Gowda and former chief minister HD Kumaraswamy on Wednesday.Sources said that the JD(S) corporators are willing to extend support to any party that offers one of them the mayor’s post.
President of the JD(S) minority unit Nasir Hussain Ustad confirmed to TOI that the four corporators met Kumaraswamy, and expressed their intention to occupy the mayor’s post for the entire five-year term. “During the meeting, they expressed their intention of sharing the mayor’s post throughout the five-year term,” said Nasir.
The four JD(S) corporators – Aleemuddin Patil, Vishal Navarang, Sajid Kalyani and Vijayalakshmi – have reportedly left the decision to Kumaraswamy. The party is likely to take its final decision on offering support to the BJP or the Congress at a meeting at Deve Gowda’s house.