Wont allow mayor to conduct council meet

BELGAUM: Kannada and Urdu corporators have decided not to allow Mayor Manda Balekundri to conduct the council meeting scheduled for November 30 until the council passes a resolution to give a  civic reception to Jnanpith awardee Chandrashekhar Kambar.Former mayor N B Nirwani, who is leading the 18-member group, told Express that they will not attend the council meetings to protest her anti-state stand. “We will attend the meeting scheduled on November 30 just to get the resolution on Kambar passed,” Nirwani added.