Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Friday said the State government and the Bharatiya Janata Party were ready to hold elections to the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) council anytime and would complete the process in eight weeks.
The Supreme Court direction has now forced the government to hold the civic polls, which the ruling party and most city MLAs were reportedly not keen on holding before the upcoming Assembly elections. The previous BBMP council’s term ended in September 2020 and for almost two years, the city administration was run by bureaucrats.
“The ward delimitation exercise is in its final stages and will be notified very soon. Justice Bhaktavatsalam-led committee carrying out the Supreme Court-mandated three-stage verification for OBC reservation will also hopefully complete the process in eight weeks,” Mr. Bommai said. Following the Madhya Pradesh order, we were very worried that the apex court may ask us to hold civic polls without providing OBC reservation, but we are happy that the apex court has allowed us sufficient time to ensure the polls are held with OBC reservation, he added.
