Basharat Hussain elected as new president MC Bandipora

Bandipora: Basharat Hussain Najar was elected unopposed as new president Municipal Committee Bandipora on Saturday after re-election was held for the posts of president and vice-president MC Bandipora.
Reports said re-election for the posts of president and vice-president was held on Saturday after the former president resigned from the post hours before proving majority in a floor test.
After the former president Khursheed Ganai resigned from the post, Deputy Commissioner Bandipora had issued a notice for the conduct of election meeting for the posts of president and vice-president of MC Bandipora.
The meeting scheduled for the election was notified on 29 February at 11 am under the supervision of ADC Bandipora at Town Hall Bandipora.
During the re-election process, Basharat was elected unopposed as new president MC Bandipora while Maqsood Rather from ward no. 13 of Bandipora town was elected as new vice-president.
Maqsood defeated his rival Tahir Haneef by one vote who had polled 7 votes while Maqsood had polled 8 votes. Pertinent to mention, the post of president of MC Bandipora fell vacant on February 20 when the then-president resigned hours before proving his majority in a floor test.Khursheed Ahmad Ganai resigned from the post after a no-confidence motion was moved against him by eleven elected councilors of MC Bandipora in January this year.
Khursheed had moved to the court of divisional commissioner Kashmir to get the no-confidence motion stayed. The divisional commissioner’s court had set aside the proceedings of the no-confidence motion and had directed for the status-quo, however, the elected councilors had moved to the high court. The court later vacated the stay and directed the concerned authorities to conduct a floor test.
Subsequently, a floor test was to be held on 20 February at 2 pm in Town Hall Bandipora, however, the president resigned from the post hours before proving majority in the test.
Later, the municipal authorities wrote to DC Bandipora for issuance of election notification for the post of president and vice-president Bandipora. The no-confidence motion was moved against Khursheed by Basharat after the support of 11 elected councilors of MC Bandipora.
The councilors had accused Khursheed of incompetence and incapability in delivering his duties, saying that there has been no visible development on the ground in the town during his one year tenure as President MC Bandipore.
The MC Bandipore has 17 wards out of which 15 have elected councilors while two had remained vacant after local body elections were held two years ago. At that point of time, Khursheed was unanimously elected as President MC Bandipore while Basharat Hussain was elected as vice-president and both were representing the Congress party. Pertinently, Khursheed is the younger brother of former Congress leader and ex-MLA Bandipora Usman Majid