<p>Amid high drama, Congress's Jayanagar ward (153) corporator Gangambike Mallikarjun was elected the 52nd mayor of Bengaluru on Friday. <br /> <br />Gangambike secured 130 votes. The JD(S) Ramila Umashankar was elected deputy mayor. She secured 129 votes.<br /> <br />Earlier, a fight erupted between the Congress and BJP corporators. The BJP party leaders were seen wooing Independent candidates, who played a major role in this year's polls. <br /> <br />The regional commissioner had to issue several warnings to bring the proceedings under control. <br /> <br />Two JD(S) corporators from Laggere ward, Manjula Narayana Swamy and K Devadas, were seen accompanying the BJP leaders initially. However, they returned to their party fold and voted for the Congress-JD(S) coalition. <br /> </p>.<p>BJP party leaders boycotted the process claiming that the election was not held through fair means. Opposition party leader in the BBMP Padmanabha Reddy had submitted a letter to the regional commissioner claiming four leaders from the Congress, including Jairam Ramesh, Raghu Achar, C K Manohar and V S Ugrappa have voter ID cards from two places, which is against the law. </p>.<p>Congress corporator Lalitha Thimmananjaiah was not allowed to vote for arriving late. <br /> </p>.<table border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <p>* Strength of electoral college: 259<br /> <br /> *Members present: 253</p> <p>*Members absent/not signed/not allowed:<br /> * H N Ananth Kumar and Nirmala Seetharaman, both Union Ministers<br /> * MLA R Roshan Baig <br /> * Councillors S Asha Suresh (Ward No 38), Nadeem Khanum of Ward No 139 and Lalitha </p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table>.<p><strong>ALSO READ:</strong> <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/city/ramalinga-reddy-turns-tables-692330.html" target="_blank">Ramalinga Reddy turns the tables on BJP</a><br /><br /> </p>
<p>Amid high drama, Congress's Jayanagar ward (153) corporator Gangambike Mallikarjun was elected the 52nd mayor of Bengaluru on Friday. <br /> <br />Gangambike secured 130 votes. The JD(S) Ramila Umashankar was elected deputy mayor. She secured 129 votes.<br /> <br />Earlier, a fight erupted between the Congress and BJP corporators. The BJP party leaders were seen wooing Independent candidates, who played a major role in this year's polls. <br /> <br />The regional commissioner had to issue several warnings to bring the proceedings under control. <br /> <br />Two JD(S) corporators from Laggere ward, Manjula Narayana Swamy and K Devadas, were seen accompanying the BJP leaders initially. However, they returned to their party fold and voted for the Congress-JD(S) coalition. <br /> </p>.<p>BJP party leaders boycotted the process claiming that the election was not held through fair means. Opposition party leader in the BBMP Padmanabha Reddy had submitted a letter to the regional commissioner claiming four leaders from the Congress, including Jairam Ramesh, Raghu Achar, C K Manohar and V S Ugrappa have voter ID cards from two places, which is against the law. </p>.<p>Congress corporator Lalitha Thimmananjaiah was not allowed to vote for arriving late. <br /> </p>.<table border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <p>* Strength of electoral college: 259<br /> <br /> *Members present: 253</p> <p>*Members absent/not signed/not allowed:<br /> * H N Ananth Kumar and Nirmala Seetharaman, both Union Ministers<br /> * MLA R Roshan Baig <br /> * Councillors S Asha Suresh (Ward No 38), Nadeem Khanum of Ward No 139 and Lalitha </p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table>.<p><strong>ALSO READ:</strong> <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/city/ramalinga-reddy-turns-tables-692330.html" target="_blank">Ramalinga Reddy turns the tables on BJP</a><br /><br /> </p>