JD(S)-BJP alliance in Mysuru ZP, MCC to end?

Mysore | Sunday | 24th June, 2018

Summary:

While Congress is the single largest party in the ZP with 22 seats, JD(S) has 18 and BJP eight. The JD(S), which is in an alliance with the BJP in the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) council and the zilla panchayat, is expected to end the partnership, months before the MCC heads to the polls.Chamarajanagar MP R Dhruvanarayan on Saturday held an emergency meeting with Congress and JD(S) members of the Mysuru ZP at the Jaladarshini Guest House. Dayanandamurthy HS is the solitary Independent in the Mysuru ZP.Dhruvanarayan said that tourism minister Sa Ra Mahesh has spoken to him, and expressed his wish to stitch an alliance with the Congress in the ZP. Mysuru: The consequences of the alliance between the JD(S) and the Congress in the assembly are now percolating to the lower levels of administration, with changes likely in the local district administration and urban local bodies. “I will discuss the issue with the irrigation minister,” he said..