New Delhi, March 10 -- Karnataka Assembly on Monday passed the Greater Bengaluru Governance Bill. The Bill was tabled by Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar, who holds the Bengaluru development portfolio.

Shivakumar said, "We want the decentralisation of power and administration. We are not destroying Bengaluru as some of the opposition members have stated. Instead, we are strengthening it. We want to make Bengaluru strong."

He added that the Greater Bengaluru Governance Bill has been brought to give Bengaluru a new direction.

The Bill also faced significant opposition from BJP in the Karnataka Assembly.

Here are five key points about the Greater Bengaluru Governance Bill:

Disagreeing with DK Shivakumar's statement, the Leader of th...