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MIM's Majid Hussain is the new mayor of Greater Hyderabad
Tuesday January 03, 2012 02:43:51 PM,
IANS
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Hyderabad: Mohammed Majid Hussain of the Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) is the new
mayor of Greater Hyderabad.
He was unanimously elected the mayor and Rajkumar of the Congress
party the deputy mayor by the Greater Hyderabad Municipal
Corporation (GHMC) council.
The Opposition Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and Bharatiya Janata Party
(BJP) boycotted the council meet, demanding secret ballot.
Hyderabad District Collector and the returning officer Natrajan
Gulzar announced the election of Hussain and Rajkumar. They
succeeded Jaffer Hussain of the MIM and B. Kartika Reddy of the
Congress respectively.
The two allied parties swapped the posts at the end of two years
under the pact they reached after GHMC polls in 2009. The mayor
and deputy mayor for the last one year will be decided mutually by
the two parties.
MIM ignored strong contenders, including former mayor Mir
Zulfiquar Ali, to pick up dark horse Majid Hussain for the top
civic post. Hussain represents the Ahmednagar municipal ward.
The 216-member council comprises 150 corporators and 66 ex-officio
members, including legislators and members of parliament. The
Congress has 93 members in the council and they include 52
corporators, while the MIM has a strength of 53, including 43
corporators.
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