Outer zones feel left out in mayoral posts, governance

Bengaluru | Wednesday | 3rd October, 2018

Summary:

Of the nine mayors and deputy mayors since then, only one mayor and two deputy mayors were from the newly added areas. Public consultations by the committee in 2015 found widespread support in the outer zones for this proposal compared to the core city. more-inBengaluru’s new Mayor Gangambike and Deputy Mayor R.

Ramila are from the core city area. Another idea is akin to rotational reservation for social groups where the mayor and deputy mayor posts be reserved for zones on rotation to ensure wider political representation. Sangunni from Yelahanka questioned the inclusion of outer areas into BBMP, which he believes has marred their interests..