Bengaluru, Dec 22 (UNI) The state government has notified the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) Act in gazette, perationalising a law that is meant exclusively for Bengaluru’s governance and paving the way for a huge delimitation exercise before elections to the civic body can be held.
The Act, which was passed by the legislature, received the Governor’s assent on December 19.
As per the Act notified and the Supreme Court staying the Karnataka High Court order for conducting BBMP elections to 198 wards, the government can now go ahead with a delimitation exercise to divide the city into 243 wards.