State Election Commission appoints officers for polls of Greater Bengaluru Authority
Bengaluru: The State Election Commission on Tuesday issued an order appointing District and Additional District Election Officers to conduct elections for the five city corporations coming under the Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA).
According to the notification, GBA Commissioner Maheshwar Rao has been appointed as the District Election Officer for all wards under the Bengaluru Central, North, South, East, and West City Corporations. The respective commissioners of each corporation have been designated as Additional District Election Officers to oversee election-related responsibilities.
Based on the 2011 Census, the former BBMP, which earlier comprised 198 wards, has been reorganized into 368 wards across five city corporations under the new GBA structure.
Elections will now be held for 111 wards in Bengaluru West, 72 wards each in Bengaluru South and Bengaluru North, 63 wards in Bengaluru Central, and 50 wards in Bengaluru East, making a total of 368 wards to go to polls.
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Former minister C M Ibrahim announces to launch new regional party for Karnataka
Kalaburagi: Two years after being expelled from the Janata Dal (Secular), former minister C.M. Ibrahim has announced that he will launch a new regional political party in Karnataka on January 24, reported Deccan Herald.
Speaking at a meeting organised by the Nava Karnataka Nirmana Andolana in Kalaburagi on Sunday, Ibrahim confirmed the birth of the new party.
The 77-year-old politician stated he would soon be meeting with other like-minded individuals to choose a symbol for the party.
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Ibrahim emphasised that the organisation would be guided by the principles of 12th-century social reformer Basavanna and the architect of the Indian Constitution, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar.
A veteran politician, Ibrahim served as Union Civil Aviation Minister during the tenure of H.D. Deve Gowda as Prime Minister and later headed the Karnataka unit of the Janata Dal (Secular). He was expelled from the JD(S) in 2023 on charges of anti-party activities.
His exit from the party followed sharp differences over the JD(S) decision to ally with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). As the then state president of the JD(S), Ibrahim had publicly criticised the alliance, claiming it was finalised without his knowledge. He had also reportedly convened meetings of his supporters and expressed support for the INDIA bloc.
