Bengaluru: The Bill, introduced in the Assembly on Tuesday, allows Bengaluru to have up to 10 municipal corporations and Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar speaks during the Assembly session, at Vidhan Soudha in Bengaluru. The contentious Greater Bengaluru Governance Bill, which proposes a superbody to run the state capital and a Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) headed by the chief minister. The GBA will have financial and administrative functions, including ‘coordination
Shivakumar said he is not in any hurry to have the Bill passed. “This needs wide debate. I accept referring the Bill to a House committee,” he said, adding that he had had discussions with lawmakers across parties representing Bengaluru. Piloting the bill.
This is a Bill to break Bengaluru. I seek a House committee composed of lawmakers from the Legislative Assembly and Council to study the Bill in order to give some shape to Bengaluru,” Leader of the Opposition R Ashoka said. “The city will be in trouble.