A day after his statement on the possibility of villages of Kanakapura taluk merging with Bengaluru triggering a political slugfest, Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar on Wednesday spoke of the “Bengaluru identity” of people living in region around the capital. Going a step further, he proposed renaming Ramanagara district as “Bengaluru South” district and said people’s opinion will be sought on it.
Mr. Shivakumar’s remarks came a day after JD(S) leader and former Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy, during whose tenure in 2007 Ramanagara district (comprising Channapatna, Ramanagara, Kanakapura, and Magadi taluks) was carved out of Bengaluru Rural district, attacked him for talking of making Kanakapura part of Bengaluru for “real estate reasons.”
