Nihil vs Sumalatha: Election Commission intervenes, government transfers Mandya DC

BENGALURU: The State Government on Tuesday transferred Mandya district Deputy Commissioner N.Manjushree following a direction from the Election Commission. The Commissioner of Public Instruction, P.C.Jaffer has been appointed in her place. Jaffer has, a few years ago, served as Mandya DC.

The government has ordered the new DC to immediately take charge without any loss of time. The deputy commissioner had been at the centre of a controversy, and independent candidate Sumalatha Ambareesh had specifically targeted her saying she was biased in favour of the JD(S) candidate.

When the DC’s office failed to provide the video recording of the filing of the nomination by the JD(S) candidate, it created quite a furore with Sumalatha going to town about it.