The fact that Bengaluru lacks an elected government significantly worsened the issue as the city experienced severe flooding over the previous week. The state government presently appoints bureaucrats to oversee the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike council because the tenure of the previous elected council ended in 2020. One of the major cities in the globe is Bengaluru. More than eight million people live in the Greater Bengaluru region, which is comparable to the population of Switzerland. The fact that it lacks an elected government is, to put it simply, astonishing and highlights what is likely India's worst governance weakness: a lacklustre, essentially nonexistent autonomous urban governance. What's visible in urban governance? India has 675 million urban residents. This f...
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After the postponement of the Delhi Municipal Corporation elections, chief minister Arvind Kejriwal has attacked the BJP-ruled Centre and the state election commission (SEC). He directly termed it the fear of defeat for the BJP. At the same time, the Delhi SEC has been accused of kneeling before the Centre. CM asked whether the Election Commission will now work under the pressure of the Central Government? And will PM Modi not conduct elections in this country now? While the deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia has termed the commission's move to postpone the elections as a murder of democracy. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said that the people of Delhi will give a befitting reply to this conspiracy of the BJP and the AAP government will be formed with 260 seats in MCD. He claimed tha
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