MCC reservation row drags on senior corporators allege injustice to women Dalits

Mysore | Sunday | 22nd July, 2018

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Of the 65 MCC wards, 31 have been reserved for women, of which 16 are for General category three for SCs and one for ST. Mysuru: It appears as though the dust surrounding the reservation of Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) wards, and their delimitation , is far from settled. “The MCC elections will be held in September, when the term of the current council will end,” Mallesh said. Reservation of 31 seats for women, which is only a shade below 50% of the seats in the council, MCC is set to become one of the first urban municipalities in India to implement the decision. Agrahara (Ward 1) corporator BV Manjunath pointed out that the government must have reserved 33 seats for women, as opposed to 31.“In the final list, only 31 wards have been reserved for women..