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By Express News ServiceBENGALURU: Both opposition and ruling party corporators opposed the forming of an MLA committee in the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike council meeting. The MLA-led panel was proposed at the state government level. It is essentially a coordination committee chaired by the MLA with corporators of wards falling under their jurisdiction along with officials from BBMP, BWSSB, BESCOM and other agencies. Opposition leader Padmanabha Reddy (BJP) said, “We are conducting ward committees held by corporators. Ward committee meeting exist already and we do not need one more.” Mayor Gangambike Mallikarjun, therefore, rejected the proposal on behalf of BBMP..