While the State government on Tuesday defended before the High Court of Karnataka the reservation of wards of the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) to various categories, the petitioners have alleged that reservation was “biased to suit political party in power” while also finding fault with the reservation of wards for Other Backward Classes (OBCs).
Meanwhile, the State Election Commission (SEC) said that elections cannot be postponed indefinitely while emphasising that only a week’s time can be granted for the government to redo the reservation of seats for women if there is any discrepancies. Other anomalies in reservation for any other categories can’t be considered for the present as the elections are overdue, the SEC contended citing the apex court’s verdicts.
These arguments were made before Justice Hemant Chandangoudar during the hearing of the petitions challenging the notification issued by the government fixing reservation for 243 new wards of the BBMP.
