Sector 3 residents cry foul

Boycott RWA elections and function on their own

Several residents of Sector 3 are livid with the current office bearers headed by Prof Sadashiva Reddy (president) and KPC Reddy (secretary). While more than 20 people filed their nominations to contest this time’s elections, they were allegedly conned into withdrawing when a consensus list of nine office bearers was drawn up.

In the list, Prof Sadashiva had promised to represent the sector in HSR Federation. But at the last minute, he decided to stay on as president for the fourth consecutive time. Crying foul play, 51 residents petitioned the registrar of cooperative societies to conduct the re-elections of the Sector 3 Residents Welfare Association (RWA) in a transparent, democratic manner.
“The current office bearers have done nothing noteworthy for the residents,” says Gopala GN. “They don’t deserve to be re-elected. And now, with this latest case of foul play, the time has come to purge them from the RWA.”

The residents have hit a road hump though. Apparently, the society rules ask for 75% of the registered residents to sign on the petition letter. Since most house owners don’t stay in HSR Layout, and quite a few live abroad, this is a near-impossible task. So what have the residents decided? “We will continue our activism through our Whatsapp Group and be a force to reckon with,” says HM Javali.

In the last two years, more than 250 residents have been part of the Sector 3 Whatsapp Group created by Javali who is also a core committee member and former secretary of Sector 3 RWA. “Even though he’s not an office bearer, he has been helping with the resolution of complaints made on this forum while the actual office bearers did nothing,” commented Gopala. “It clearly goes to show that the office bearers are here just for their titles.”

DYSFUNCTIONAL RWA
The Sector 3 RWA is filled with dysfunctional office bearers who did nothing noteworthy in their last term, allege residents. More than 50 residents wanted the existing office bearers to step down and make way for new members who can inject some fresh perspective and passion into a job that requires you to be selfless. However, to hang on to their titles, the office bearers allegedly played foul this time around as well. The residents still hope that better reason prevails and Prof Sadashiva steps down as president for the greater good.

Everyone is waiting.