Bengaluru, March 11 -- Bill to jeopardise Bengaluru's cultural and linguistic identity, diminish Kannada's prominence: BJP

The Karnataka Legislative Assembly passed the Greater Bengaluru Governance Bill, 2024, yesterday despite strong opposition from BJP and JD(S) legislators, who staged a walkout, claiming that splitting BBMP into seven smaller civic corporations would lead to the destruction of Bengaluru's identity as India's IT capital.

Participating in the debate, BJP legislators clarified that while they support efforts to strengthen the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), they strongly oppose its division.

They argued that breaking up the civic body would dilute Bengaluru's essence as a single city and instead proposed app...