April | 2018 | Citizen Matters, Bengaluru

Women come together in Bengaluru to prepare manifesto with gender lens

April 30, 2018 Seema Prasad

Women’s Reservation Bill has been forgotten by all. There is no gender-sensitive approach in governance. The need for a women’s lens was felt in the event.

MLA does corporator’s job because people ask for it, says Krishna Byre Gowda

April 27, 2018 Manasi Paresh Kumar

Krishna Byre Gowda, MLA from Byatarayanapura who was also a minister in the last cabinet, talks about his work, policies, challenges and achievements.

What is your MLA supposed to do for you?

April 27, 2018 Akshay Agarwal

Citizens often run to the MLA for sorting out every small issue — from potholes to drinking water. But what exactly is the role of a Member of the Legislative Assembly? And how does the voter know if he is carrying it out responsibly?

Tracking Byatarayanapura MLA Krishna Byregowda

April 26, 2018 Poll Desk

Being agriculture minister, Krishna Byregowda is known for promoting millet-based food in city level. What else did he do in his term as MLA and minister?

What has Chickpet MLA been up to in the last five years?

April 26, 2018 Poll Desk

Devaraj’s track record in assembly shows that he didn’t ask any questions, didn’t participate in any debates.

What has Vijayanagar MLA been up to in the last five years?

April 26, 2018 Poll Desk

M Krishnappa has been in news for landgrabs. He has supported the work the Ugly Indians wanted to do on metro pillars in Vijyanagar.

What has Dinesh Gundu Rao been up to in five years?

April 26, 2018 Poll Desk

Dinesh Gundu Rao handled Food and Civil Supplies Department as a Minister. What else has he been up to?

What has Hebbal MLA been up to in the last five years?

April 26, 2018 Poll Desk

Hebbal saw two MLAs in last term – both from BJP. After the death of Jagadish Kumar in 2015, the next bypoll saw Narayana Swamy win the seat.

Governance

What has Ramalinga Reddy been up to in the last five years?

April 26, 2018 Poll Desk

Major news related to six-time MLA Ramalinga Reddy for last five years.

George let down people who voted for him, says Prithvi Reddy

April 26, 2018 Seema Prasad

He wants to give people an alternative in politics. His campaign is crowdfunded and doesn’t have major donors. and he is taking on K J George who was Bengaluru Development Minister.

What does it take to evaluate an MLA’s performance?

April 25, 2018 Meera K

Bengalureans feel all MLAs have failed the city. But how can we objectively rate the elected representatives and prove this point?

Tracking Bommanahalli MLA Satish Reddy

April 25, 2018 Poll Desk

Satish Reddy fought against Karnataka Composting Development Corporation plant at Somasundarapalya, at the same time supporting the green initiatives by volunteers.

Tracking C V Raman Nagar MLA S Raghu

April 25, 2018 Poll Desk

S Raghu started his political career as a municipal corporator from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in 1996. He has won twice from his current constituency of C V Raman Nagar which is reserved under

Former bureaucrat Renuka aims to bring governance to doorsteps

April 24, 2018 Seema Prasad

Renuka wants to bring AAP’s Delhi model of governance to Bengaluru. She talks about being a woman in a position of power and in politics.

Focus will be on education and health, says Bhaskar Prasad

April 24, 2018 Poll Desk

Bhaskar Prasad wants to focus on better facilities for sanitation workers and street sweepers.