<p>Senior BJP MLC Basavaraj Horatti is all set to be elected unopposed as the Council chairperson. </p>.<p>The election is scheduled for Wednesday and Horatti was the only candidate to file papers on Tuesday. Congress chose not to field a candidate as it lacks the required numbers. </p>.<p>In the 75-member House, BJP has 39 members (excluding protem chairperson Raghunathrao Malkapure). The Congress has 26, JD(S) eight and one independent. </p>.<p>The Congress did not get green signal from its high command to contest the election. The party wanted to avoid a truck with JD(S), with polls round the bend. </p>
<p>Senior BJP MLC Basavaraj Horatti is all set to be elected unopposed as the Council chairperson. </p>.<p>The election is scheduled for Wednesday and Horatti was the only candidate to file papers on Tuesday. Congress chose not to field a candidate as it lacks the required numbers. </p>.<p>In the 75-member House, BJP has 39 members (excluding protem chairperson Raghunathrao Malkapure). The Congress has 26, JD(S) eight and one independent. </p>.<p>The Congress did not get green signal from its high command to contest the election. The party wanted to avoid a truck with JD(S), with polls round the bend. </p>