In the aftermath of the BBMP council elections, Lok Satta party founder Dr Jayaprakash Narayan speaks on the party’s performance and where they go from here.
With independents and high-stature candidates from newer parties having not impacted the elections much, the verdict has gone the way assembly elections went in 2008.
Road-widening, Akrama Sakrama, bilingual bus signboards and more: read Citizen Matters analysis of the sides taken by 37 BBMP corporator-aspirants, both from political parties and otherwise.
Why was a layout built over a tank bed? Why is Banaswadi not as developed as other areas? These and other questions surfaced at the BBMP elections debate on March 24th.
AIADMK’s Kailasam and JD(S)’s Marimuthu were present at a public meeting with their ward residents. Both arrived late, leaving little room for discussion.
Four contestants for the Gangenahalli ward met citizens and talked about a variety of local concerns from skywalks, playgrounds, stray dogs and cleanliness.
Transparency, accountability, citizen participation – the women contesting from Shanthinagar ward promised all this and much more at a recent public interaction.
Citizen Matters caught up with Swarnamala Jain, Latha Narasimha Murthy and Prof. Amaravathi – the three candidates contesting from HSR Ward – for their take on key issues.
A vegetable loader, a contractor-turned dalit activist, a former electrician – all hope to disrupt mainline party candidates who are making a bee line for votes from Bengaluru’s poor.
At the Vasanthnagar debate on Mar 22nd, five candidates responded to hard questions on roadwidening, Akrama-Sakrama, language on bus signboards and more, moving beyond responding to grievances on water, parks, roads, garbage and electricity.
