Defeated in MCC poll as I am CM's relative: Sunanda

BJP corporator Sunanda Palanetra, who was defeated in the Mayor election on Wednesday, said, “I was not elected as I am Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa’s relative. There was a political conspiracy behind my defeat.”

Speaking to reporters here, on Thursday, Palanetra said, “KR Nagar JD(S) MLA Sa Ra Mahesh and his supporters had said that B S Madappa’s daughter (Palanetra’s father) will be Mayor of Mysuru. I am pained as I was not made Mayor.”

Palanetra said that she will meet the CM on his birthday. “I am upset with the defeat. I have decided to tender my resignation. I have written a letter to the Chief Minister, seeking his advise,” she said.

However, BJP city president T S Srivatsa said that the party is with Palanetra and will not allow her to resign. “We had all hopes that the JD(S) will support the BJP candidate. But, in the last movement, JD(S) joined hands with the Congress, even though BJP MLAs tried to convince JD(S) leaders,” he said.

Palanetra had all the possibilities to win the poll, if the JD(S) and the Congress parties had contested separately, he said.