Bharathiya Janatha Party corporator M Gautham Kumar has been elected as new Mayor of the local civic body after defeating Congress’ Gautam R Sathyanarayan. This is the first time BJP has won the post in four years. He will replace Congress leader Gangambike Mallikarjun as Bengaluru mayor.
BJP wins the mayoral poll
M Gautham Kumar is a is a BJP corporator from Jogupalya (ward 89). He was an official candidate for BJP for Bengaluru’s mayor run. Gautham manages to win 17 votes extra from the Congress candidate. A total of 129 votes was in his favor, while 112 votes went to the Congress candidate RS Sathyanarayana. A total of 249 members were present out of the total strength of 257.
Bengaluru’s newly appointed mayor M Goutham Kumar said he will give priority in handling the garbage crisis faced by the city. “Modi’s dream is to make Bengaluru plastic-free and our Chief Minister Yediyurapa’s dream is to solve the traffic problems of Bengaluru. We will work with all the MLAs from this city to realize both these dreams,” Kumar told.
4 years of consistency
While the 43-year-old, M Goutham Kumar was elected the 54th mayor of Bengaluru, CR Rammohan Raju, BJP corporator from Bommanahalli was picked as Bengaluru’s new Deputy Mayor Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), Bengaluru’s local civic body. Interestingly, both candidates got 129 votes each to their respective posts. They both defeated their rivals candidates; R Satyanarayana from Congress got 110 votes and Gangamma of the JD(S) won 108 votes for the elections to the Mayor.
For the last four years, Congress had the swing over BBMP. However, this time due to the loss of 4 MLA’s in the city the result was against them. “Victory and loss are a part of democracy. It is our duty to field a candidate. Five MLAs from Bengaluru had been disqualified. There are several corporators who would have backed them. It is not about winning or losing. It is about contesting,” a Congress official told.
Twitter erupts with congratulatory tweets
Congratulations on being elected as the Mayor for Bengaluru, Sri Gautam Kumar.
As a Yuva Morcha karyakarta, you had shown dedication and ability for hardwork. I am confident that you will bring those qualities to help Bengaluru in your term. #BBMPMayor
— Tejasvi Surya (@Tejasvi_Surya) October 1, 2019
Congratulations Sri Gautham Kumar on being elected as the Mayor of Bengaluru.
I Had an opportunity to work with him during Gorata Abhiyan as Yuva Morcha Karyakarta.
Bengaluru needs an energetic Mayor & quite Confident he will deliver.#BBMPMayor pic.twitter.com/5bu9kPantM— Capt Brijesh Chowta | ಕ್ಯಾಪ್ಟನ್ ಬ್ರಿಜೇಶ್ ಚೌಟ (@CaptBrijesh) October 1, 2019
Bengaluru gets New Mayor Gautam Kumar Jain from BJP… Let's hope for the best… #BBMPMayor pic.twitter.com/p2HPC0MNuZ
— Ramanjaneyalu (@Bheem36) October 1, 2019
City gets its new mayor BJP candidate Gautam Kumar is new city mayor @BJP4India @BJP4Karnataka. He won with 129 votes #BBMPMayor
— Prasanth Sivan (@PrasanthSbjp) October 1, 2019
#BBMPMayor #Balageredying
Congratulations and hope some changes now.— Mohit Tyagi (@tyagimohit0123) October 1, 2019
#bbmpmayor#bjp#Bengaluru #bbmp#CONGRATULATIONS #gautamkumarjain
Proud of his selfless services towards Garden City As corporator and all the best For Mayorship ?☺️????
— Prasanth Sivan (@PrasanthSbjp) October 1, 2019
BJP's Gautam Kumar Jain elected as the new BBMP Mayor#BBMPMayor #Bengaluru
— Prasanth Sivan (@PrasanthSbjp) October 1, 2019
