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Hassan ZP President resigns

y Our Staff Correspondent

HASSAN FEB. 15. The controversy over the resignation of the Hassan Zilla Panchayat (ZP) President, B.R. Vasudev, has come to an end, as he has submitted his resignation following pressure from party leaders. He sent his papers to the authorities concerned on February 13.

As indicated during a meeting held at the Bangalore residence of the Hassan District in-charge Minister, H.C. Srikantaiah, which was attended by ZP members and senior Congress leaders, Mr. Vasudev submitted his resignation at the scheduled special meeting on February 14.

The President of the district unit of the Congress, G.V. Siddappa, says that new ZP president will be selected after consultation with ZP members, Mr. Srikantaiah, and other senior party leaders soon.

Mr. Vasudev refused to resign after the completion of his term. According to a tacit understanding on sharing of power between Mr. Vasudev and Gurusiddappa, during the election to the post of President, which is reserved for Backward Class (B) category, each of them was to occupy the post for 10 months. Mr. Vasudev was to have submitted his resignation on January 20.

However, when he refused to step down, Congress leaders from the district and ZP members urged Mr. Srikantaiah to mediate. Mr. Srikantaiah called for a meeting of party leaders and ZP members at his Bangalore residence, and sought the resignation of Mr. Vasudev. The plea of Mr. Vasudev for more time, as he had to form standing committees, was turned down by the minister.

Mr. Vasudev submitted his resignation to the authorities concerned, in Bangalore. However, at the meeting held on Friday, five standing committees were formed. They are those on Education and Health, Finance, Agriculture and Industry, Social Justice, and General.

The presidents and members of the standing committees are:

General Committee: Chandrakala Nagesh (President), Soubhagya, S.R. Bhagya, Bhagya Krishnamurthy, D.M. Thammiah, Ramashetty, and C. N. Balakrishna (members). The Chief Executive Officer of ZP will be member secretary. (The Deputy CEO will be the Secretary of the other committees.)

Finance Committee: B.R. Vasudev (President), G.S Gurusiddappa, N. Srinivas, Sundramma, K.M. Shivalinge Gowda, S.P. Manje Gowda, and Shashikala (members).

Education and Health Committee: K.M. Yashodamma (President), D.K. Basamma, Bhagya Raje Gowda, Parvathamma, L. Malla Nayak, Ramachandra, and H.R. Raju (members).

Agriculture and Industrial Committee: S.A. Basappa (President), Yashodhara Kumar, M.C. Rangaswami, Vanamala, H.Y. Chandrashekar, V.A. Nanjundaswamy, and S. Jagannath (members).

Social Justice Committee: D.C. Sannaswamy (President), T.D. Khande Rao, G.T. Indira, H.T. Shantamma, Radha, D.K. Basamma, and Rajashetty (members).

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