Overview

• The Assembly approved the 2025 amendment to the Greater Bengaluru law, specifying that the Greater Bengaluru Authority cannot direct the new municipal bodies.
• Shivakumar said mayors and corporators will retain full powers and affirmed that the 74th Constitutional Amendment remains protected.
• The government will seek the Governor’s permission and aims to issue the next notification by August 25.
• The reorganisation plan envisions splitting the BBMP into five city corporations.
• The clarification follows a PIL alleging attempts to place corporations under government control, which Shivakumar said the court did not accept.