Udupi, Mar 12: Thanking the voters of coastal district, Udupi Block Congress Committee President Pramod Madhwaraj has said that his party would form a Manifesto Implementation Committee to fulfill its pre poll promises.
Addressing presspersons after the victory of the Congress in Udupi CMC, Mr. Madhwaraj said that the party would Congress would give priority to implementing promises made in its manifesto for Udupi City Municipal Council (CMC) elections.
He said that the Committee would comprise leaders of the party as well as eminent citizens.
The Congress won the elections to the Udupi CMC for the first time after 45 years. Though, the Congress backed independents were in power from 1997 to 2001, they had not won on Congress tickets. The BJP and earlier the Jan Sangh had been in power in Udupi since 1968.
In 2007 elections to Udupi CMC, the BJP had won 53.49 per cent of votes and got 28 seats, while the Congress got 40.63 per cent of votes and won only six seats. But now (in 2013) the Congress got 51.33 per cent of votes and won 22 seats and the BJP got 45.72 per cent of votes and won 12 seats.
Corruption in the BJP-ruled CMC, its arrogance, and lack of response to problems led to voters showing it the door. The Congress will provide a transparent and corruption-free administration. The victory of the Congress party was solely due to the efforts of its workers and leaders.
The State government should immediately announce the reservation list for the elections to the posts of president and vice-president of urban local bodies so that they could start functioning soon, Mr. Madhwaraj said.
.V. Hegde, General Secretary of district unit of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), said that people were fed up with the infighting in the BJP.
The BJP could not counter the misleading propaganda of the Congress launched against it during the elections. The Congress had used money power to purchase votes in Udupi.
“It is a matter of grave concern that even educated voters ignored the developmental projects undertaken by the BJP,” he said.
Deviprasad Shetty, president of district unit of Janata Dal (Secular), said that the voters were fed up of the corruption of the BJP in Udupi CMC.
“They did not want the 'secular vote' to get split. Hence, they decided to vote for the Congress. It is a significant verdict as the voters have ended the rule of the BJP in Udupi after 45 years. Even the educated and Hindu voters are shying away from the BJP. The Congress has benefited from it,” he said.
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