Cong writes to SEC to hold city mayor election soon

Arguing that an important and Constitutional post like Mayor of a city cannot stay vacant for long, a Congress delegate today urged the State Election Commissioner to initiate immediate steps to elect the new Cuttack mayor.
The city Congress chief Md Moqim submitted a memorandum to SEC R M Senapati at Bhubaneswar in this regard.
If the mayor's post remained vacant for long, civic problems will mount in the city, Moqim said adding that his party has urged the SEC to hold the mayor elections soon.
Cuttack Mayor Anita Behera of BJD had put in her papers on December 29 after it was found that she had allegedly obtained a ration card in her name to be eligible to receive five kilos of subsidised rice and wheat every month under National Food Security Act (NFSA).

Anita had also resigned as a corporator for which she was elected from Ward-21 of Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) in February 2014.
"The resignation letter of Anita Behera will be tabled in the CMC council meeting on January 4 for appropriate action," Deputy Mayor Ajay Barik said.