Bangalore, Apr 29 (IANS/DNA): Bangalore city corporation on Friday got a woman mayor from the Bharatiya Janata Party.
R Sharadamma, 45, elected for the first time to the BBMP (Greater Bangalore City Corp), was elected mayor unopposed as the Congress and the Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) did not field a candidate.
Sharadamma is the fifth woman mayor of Bangalore though she gets the credit of being the first woman mayor of the BBMP. The BJP is controlling BBMP for the first time.
S Harish from Nagapura ward was selected by party leaders for the deputy mayor’s post, while BR Nanjundappa from JP Park ward has been chosen for the post of the ruling party leader.