Hyderabad, December 05: Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation Mayor Bandaru Karthika Chandra Reddy on Monday tendered resignation from the post.
Karthika Reddy handed over her resignation letter to GHMC Commissioner MT Krishna Babu at 3 pm paving the way for the election of new GHMC Mayor. The resignation will now be placed before the GHMC’s General Council, which is scheduled to meet on December 17, for acceptance.
Later talking to reporters, a visibly upset Karthika Reddy expressed satisfaction over her two year tenure as the GHMC Mayor. She said that the GHMC’s Standing Committee passed 951 resolutions to take up developmental works worth Rs 1400 crore in the GHMC limits. She said about Rs 122 crore have been spent for the construction of 1,312 CC and BT roads. As many as 49 traffic junctions were upgraded and 40,000 Self Help Groups were formed at a cost of Rs 300 crore. She said that plastic ban, construction of night shelters, Mahila Bhavan, Road under Bridges and Sports Complex were among her other achievements.
Karthika Reddy resigned to honour the power-sharing pact between Congress and Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen wherein the Mayor’s post will be occupied by the MIM candidate while the Deputy Mayor’s post will go to Congress. Sources say that Deputy Mayor Jaffer Hussain Meraj will submit his resignation on Dec 16 to facilitate the election of Congress candidate on the post.
Once the GHMC council accepts Mayor’s resignation, the State Election Commission will announce the schedule for the election of new GHMC Mayor. Hyderabad district collector will be the Returning Officer for the Mayor’s election.
Reacting to Mayor’s resignation, the Telugu Desam Party and Bharatiya Janata Party said that Karthika Reddy did not make any significant to the city’s development during her two year tenure. TDP GHMC floor leader Singireddy Srinivas Reddy said that Karthika Reddy has failed to get adequate funds from the State and the Central Government for city’s development. BJP floor leader Bangaru Prakash said that many initiatives that the Mayor quotes as her achievement have failed see the light of the day.
–Agencies