Mysore/Mysuru, Nov. 6 -- Asserting that the formation of Greater Mysuru Authority (GMA) would take at least two years, former Minister S.R. Mahesh has urged the Government to hold the long pending Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) elections at the earliest.

Addressing a press meet at his office near Ramavilas Road here this morning, S.R. Mahesh said that the State Government has announced the formation of GMA more than two-and-a-half years after it was first conceived. He maintained that with the formation of GMA, 1 City Municipal Council (Hootagalli CMC), 4 Town Panchayats (Bogadi, Srirampura, Rammanahalli and Kadakola TPs) and a few Gram Panchayats would merge with the Authority, which process will take at least two years.

"If the Governm...