Kodagu ZP standing panel heads elected unopposed

 Three members of Kodagu zilla panchayat were elected unopposed as the presidents of three standing committees here on Monday.

M K Viju Subramani, representing Ammathi constituency, was elected unanimously to social justice standing committee, while Mookanda P Shashi Subramani from Kadanur constituency was chosen for education and health standing committee and Srinivas from Hebbale seat for agriculture and industries standing committee, all from BJP.

Zilla panchayat president B A Harish is the head of the finance and auditing standing committee while vice president Lokeshwari Gopal heads the general standing committee, by virtue of their key positions.

As the BJP holds reins of the zilla panchayat with highest of 18 members, it was obvious for the party to stake claim on standing committees too. Following this, neither of Congress nor Janata Dal (Secular) party members filed their papers.

Following the election, Chief Executive Officer Charulatha Somal, who is also the returning officer, declared the three as elected unopposed.

The following are the members of various standing committees: Finance, auditing and planning: Appachanda M Mahesh, C K Bopanna, Poornima Gopal, Kavitha Prabhakar, K P Chandrakala and M B Madappa.

General standing committee: Kiran Karyappa, Yaladalu  Padmavathi, P B Kalavathi, Murali Karumbammayya, Bhananda S Prathyu and Kumuda Dharmappa.

Social justice: Appanderunda Bhavya, Sarojamma,K K KUmar, Yaladalu Padmavathi, P R Pankaja and Latheef.

Education and health: Murali Karumbammayya, B J Deepak, K R Manjula, K K KUmar, A B Suneetha and Leelavathi.

Agriculture and industries: Kiran Karyappa, Srija Saji, P B Kalavathi, Appanderunda Bhavya, C P Puttaraj and K P Saritha.

The newly elected standing committee president M K Viju said he would work for the development of the district with equal cooperation from officials.

The other two newly elected presidents Shashi and Srinivas thanked fellow members for extending their support.