Odisha: Dy mayor, vice-chairperson elections to be on the traces of Rajya Sabha polls

By Express News Service

BHUBANESWAR: As the newly-formed councils in municipal firms and municipalities/notified space councils (NACs) are all set to elect their deputy mayor and vice-chairperson respectively, the State authorities on Monday amended the principles to make the polls open on the traces of Rajya Sabha. The Housing and Urban Development division issued two separate notifications for rapid implementation of the brand new rule, which is analogous to Rajya Sabha elections. 

According to the notifications, political events having received corporator, councillor or ward member seats within the just lately concluded city polls, will now be allowed to nominate brokers. The brokers with the permission of the election officer, will confirm the votes forged by the elected members of their respective events in the course of the oblique elections for deputy mayor and vice-chairperson.

This means it’ll now not be a secret poll. The corporators, councillors or ward members should present the agent for whom they voted. The president or the final secretary of the State-level political get together or State unit of the nationwide get together should submit the small print of the authorised agent in writing to the election officer previous to the scheduled date of the election.

According to the schedule, the oblique election for the publish of deputy mayor in Cuttack, Berhampur and Bhubaneswar municipal firms shall be held on April 8, 9 and 10, respectively, whereas that for vice-chairperson of municipalities and NACs shall be performed on April 7.

The transfer has come amidst Opposition allegations that the ruling BJD is resorting to horse-trading in a number of municipalities and NACs to elect its candidates because the deputy chairpersons. Direct election to the publish of mayor/chairperson has thrown up contrasting ends in many city native our bodies.The modification shall be essential in ULBs the place the publish of chairperson has been received by one get together, however the council is with the opposite.