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The Times of India
The Times of India
National
Niranjan Kaggere | TNN

Supreme Court verdict prompts Karnataka to hold BBMP Polls

BENGALURU: Dragging its feet over holding polls to the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), the state government suffered a bitter setback on Tuesday with the Supreme Court ordering all the states and union territories to hold polls to the local bodies in the next two weeks while a hearing a petition pertaining to the state of Madhya Pradesh.

Caught off guard by the SC verdict the state government, which is yet to come out with a delimitation report on BBMP wards, said that it is ready to hold polls to all the local bodies including the BBMP.

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