BJP gets ready for BBMP polls in April-May, starts work on manifesto
The Hindu
Party will form a screening committee to select candidates for the elections
The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is getting ready for the the much-delayed elections to the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) which it expects to be held in the last week of April or by May first week. The party kicked off a three-day brainstorming session over BBMP polls on Tuesday, where it started work on its manifesto for the polls.
Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, who also holds charge of Bengaluru Development, chaired the inauguration of the three-day session at his residence. “The Chief Minister told us that the Supreme Court order on the election petition is expected by mid-March. In that case, elections to the civic body will be held in the last week of April or the first week of May, by which time the third wave of the pandemic will also be over,” said a senior city leader part of the meeting.