B A Harish and Lokeshwari Gopal were unanimously elected as the new president and vice- president of Kodagu Zilla Panchayat, here on Friday.

Mysuru Regional Commissioner A M Kunjappa conducted the election at Old Ford Hall.
The Zilla Panchayat president’s post was reserved for the candidate belonging to Scheduled Caste.

Harish was elected to the post as he was the only candidate to file the nomination
paper.

Similarly, the nomination filed by Lokeshwari Gopal, was the only one, for the post of the vice president reserved for General category (Wo-man).

Harish and Lokeshwari will be in office will April 28, 2021.

Model district plan

Harish said he will make efforts towards making Kodagu a model district and sought the cooperation of all Zilla Panchayat members in this connection.

MLA MP Appacchu Ranjan, Zilla Panchayat Chief Executive Officer Charulata Somal and the Zilla Panchayat members greeted Harish and Lokeshwari.

source: http://www.deccanherald.com / Deccan Herald / Home> District / DHNS – Madikeri, April 30th, 2016