<p> The state government on Friday issued the final notification fixing the reservation for the post of president and vice-president of zilla panchayats.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The government, while making changes in the reservation of presidents in four districts (Ballari, Vijayapura, Chikkamagaluru and Mysuru), has left the quota of Hassan zilla panchayat president untouched. <br /><br />The government had fixed the reservation for the Hassan zilla panchayat president as ST (woman) and it remains. JD(S) leader H D Revanna had accused the government of reserving the post to ST (woman) to deny his wife Bhavani, who is a member of the zilla panchayat, from becoming president. He had even threatened to withdraw his party’s support to the Congress at the BBMP.<br /><br /></p>
<p> The state government on Friday issued the final notification fixing the reservation for the post of president and vice-president of zilla panchayats.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The government, while making changes in the reservation of presidents in four districts (Ballari, Vijayapura, Chikkamagaluru and Mysuru), has left the quota of Hassan zilla panchayat president untouched. <br /><br />The government had fixed the reservation for the Hassan zilla panchayat president as ST (woman) and it remains. JD(S) leader H D Revanna had accused the government of reserving the post to ST (woman) to deny his wife Bhavani, who is a member of the zilla panchayat, from becoming president. He had even threatened to withdraw his party’s support to the Congress at the BBMP.<br /><br /></p>
