Bengaluru, 10 other cities in Karnataka face major delays in Corporation elections, reveals report
Bengaluru: A recent report on participatory government published by the non-profit Janaagraha states that corporation elections in Bengaluru and ten other cities in Karnataka have been postponed by an average of 22 months.
The state capital has seen the longest wait, 47 months, followed by Tumakuru, which has experienced a 12-month delay. The council elections for seven of these cities' mayors have been delayed by an average of eleven months.
Out of the 287 city governments in Karnataka, 210 have not been able to create councils; 23 have not held civic elections, and 187 have not been able to elect a mayor and deputy mayor through elected representatives.
Significant implementation limitations of decentralized participatory government in urban areas were also discovered by the report. Of the eleven city corporations, only one has functional ward committees, which are essential for local public participation. The state's area sabhas, which are supposed to promote grassroots democracy, are either nonexistent or have not been established.
According to the findings, the state's urban government framework has a number of crucial problems. Fifteen of the eighteen local governance responsibilities stipulated by the Constitution are mostly out of the city governments' hands.
Bengaluru residents frequently lament that when they bring up civic issues, they never receive a satisfactory answer or long-term resolution. They believe that local government, which has been absent from Bengaluru's landscape for a while, is the only entity that can address local problems.
The report also noted that legal challenges are causing elections to be delayed, with 89% of urban local bodies embroiled in a court battle over the government's adopted processes for rotating reservations for the mayor and deputy mayor positions.
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Justin Trudeau faces backlash for dancing at Taylor Swift concert amid Montreal protests
Ottawa: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has come under criticism after a video of him dancing at a Taylor Swift concert in Toronto went viral, coinciding with violent protests in Montreal.
The footage, shared widely on social media, shows Trudeau enjoying the performance at the Rogers Centre on November 23. While the concert featured hits like "You Don’t Own Me," Montreal witnessed unrest as anti-NATO demonstrators clashed with police, set vehicles on fire, and burned an effigy of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Social media users criticised Trudeau’s presence at the concert during the crisis, with some comparing his actions to Nero’s alleged indifference during Rome's burning.
The Montreal protests occurred during the ongoing NATO summit in the city, which focused on issues such as Ukraine and climate change. Demonstrators carried Palestinian flags and set off smoke bombs, with at least four arrests reported.
As violent protests broke out in #Montreal, #Canadian Prime Minister #JustinTrudeau was filmed dancing at a #TaylorSwift concert in #Toronto
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