CMC president Kaveramma Somanna, who is also president of Madikeri Dasara Samithi, has clarified that she wants people from the four Karaga committees, Dashamantapa members and those who have been in public service to adorn the post of working president of the Dasara committee.
Following a row over amendments to by-laws to the Dasara committee and working president of the committee, Kaveramma told reporters on Saturday that, “The members of various organisations have echoed my viewpoint. At present the CMC president is the president of Dasara Samithi while the vice president is CMC general secretary and another member has been elected treasurer. If the CMC members are elected as working president of Dasara committee, then it would become a Madikeri CMC members committee which would be objected to by the government. Hence, I wanted someone apart from the CMC members to become the working president of the committee.”
“The public must extend financial assistance for Dasara. If the post of the working president is entrusted to politicians, then there will be opposition from the general public. I am committed to organise Madikeri Dasara utsav in an organised manner,” she said.
“The present by-law is old. It was decided to bring in amendments to the by-law through a by-law committee. However, a few persons created unwanted confusion and chaos in the second meeting. As a result, we could not bring in amendments as per the expectations of the people. A few have been disappointed,” she said.
“The government expects amendments as per its guidelines. We cannot seek financial assistance for Dasara as per the old by-law. Hence the amendment was necessary. A few disrupted the meeting by creating confusion and chaos,” she said.
Barring CMC members, a working president would be appointed shortly. We have to value public opinion by setting aside vested interests. A meeting will be convened to put an end to all the confusion,” Kaveramma said.
“Dasara utsav should not be used for political gain. Dasara should be organised under the guidance of the working president. MLA, MLC, and zilla panchayat members should cooperate and sort out their differences.”
source: http://www.deccanherald.com / Deccan Herald / Home> District / DH News Service, Madikeri / July 29th, 2017
