Jangaon Municipality chairperson, vice chairperson election held amid protests
The Jangaon Municipality elections for chairperson and vice-chairperson witnessed high drama with protests, tight security, and heated altercations between BRS and Congress councillors. Both candidates secured equal votes, leading to a draw of lots.
Jangaon: The election of Jangaon Municipality chairperson and vice chairperson was held amid protests by BRS councillors and MLA Palla Rajeshwar Reddy here on Tuesday.
Tight security arrangements were made for the election and prohibitory orders under Section 163 of BNS have been imposed within 200 meters of the municipal office to avoid any untoward incidents.
The BRS councillors and Rajeshwar Reddy arrived first at the municipal hall for the election and were later joined by Congress councillors and MP Chamala Kiran Kumar Reddy. BRS has 13 councillors, Congress-12 while there were four independent councillors and one CPI (M) councillor.
MLA Rajeshwar Reddy and MP Kiran Kumar Reddy were the ex-officio members for BRS and Congress respectively. Two independent councillors supported BRS while the CPI (M) councillor and two independent councillors supported Congress.
The election presiding officer Gopiram after explaining the election procedure counted the votes polled for chairperson and vice chairperson candidates. As both the candidates secured 16 votes each it was decided to elect chairperson and vice chairperson through a draw of lots.
Congress councillor K Balamani was elected as the chairperson while independent councillor Busha Parvatalu supported by BRS was elected vice chairman. During the election process an independent councillor Pandu and a Congress councillor manhandled a female independent councillor and pulled her hand down when she raised it in favour of BRS.
It led to loud altercations among the BRS and Congress councillors. BRS councillors and MLA Rajeshwar Reddy demanded action against the councillors for the misconduct. After the election, the BRS councillors staged a dharna inside the hall in support of their demand.
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— Dr. Palla Rajeshwar Reddy (@PRR_BRS) February 17, 2026
