Bengaluru: Karnataka Assembly on Monday Passed The Greater Bengaluru Governance Bill Amid Protests by the opposition BJP. The Bill Pertains to Restructuring the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahahanagara Palike (BBMP) by splitting it into a maximum of Seven City Corporations in the Greater Bengaluru Area. It also provides for a constitution of a great bengaluru authority for coordination and supervision, and 30 months terms for the mayor and the deputy mayor.
The bill was tabled in the Assembly by Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar, who holds the Bengaluru Development Portfolio. Shivakumar said, “We want the Decentralization of Power and Administration. Strong. ” He added that the bill has been brought to give bengaluru a new direction.
Disagreeing with his statement, the Leader of the option, R Ashoka, Said This Bill is an insult to Former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, Who Wanted to Strengthen the Local Bodies. He alleged that the Congress is paving the way for other local bodies to raise a similar demand for dividing them into seveal divisions. “Dividing Bengaluru will not help us,” Ashoka said.
Participating in the discussion, yalahanka BJP MLA sr vishwanath said, “When the Chief Commissioner has been running the bbmp for the past many years with an elected body, why do you want to divide? Want Decentralization of BBMP’s Administration then Hold Elections, Get an Elected Body Who will manage the City Well. ” He also said that if the government was keen on forming green on bengaluru, it should be done after the delivery of Lok Sabha and Assembly Constituencies. “We will support you in strengthening its administration but duan’t divide bengaluru,” Vishwanath Said.