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Male aspirants feel disheartened as government reserves Berhampur Municipal Corporation mayor post for women

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Male aspirants feel disheartened as government reserves Berhampur Municipal Corporation mayor post for women

Source: The Time of India

Several male aspirants of different political parties, who aimed to contest for the mayor’s post of Berhampur Municipal Corporation (BeMC) in the upcoming election of the civic body, were disappointed as the state government on Wednesday proposed to reserve the prestigious post for women.

The government will finally notify the reservation of the post after considering the suggestions and objections from people within a fortnight. But political leaders said the reservation for the post might be unchanged in the final notification for the post.

Click here to read the full article published by The Times of India on 14 January 2022.

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Several male aspirants of different political parties, who aimed to contest for the mayor’s post of Berhampur Municipal Corporation (BeMC) in the upcoming election of the civic body, were disappointed as the state government on Wednesday proposed to reserve the prestigious post for women.

The government will finally notify the reservation of the post after considering the suggestions and objections from people within a fortnight. But political leaders said the reservation for the post might be unchanged in the final notification for the post.

Click here to read the full article published by The Times of India on 14 January 2022.

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