Articles by Akshatha M

Citizen Matters analysed the affidavits, from 84 wards belonging to Bengaluru South and Central parliament constituencies. Here is the raw tabulation of it. Tip: Move right or left over the sheet with arrow key. Click here to view full sheet separately. To read the related article, click: Less educated, but stinking rich?Related ArticlesLess educated, but stinking rich: Will this be the new set of BBMP corporators?

When a candidate contesting from a ward X in Bengaluru visited one of the houses during his door-to door campaign on Thursday, he had to face the wrath of residents. A house owner yelled at him and his supporters: “Why have you come now? Post election you won’t be seen anywhere. Election ada mele neevu pudaarigalu moote kattikondu hogthiri (You politicians will pack your bags soon after election).” Unmindful of her reaction, the candidate continued to ask for votes with a smile and humble look intact on his face. In a neighbouring ward Y with many posh houses, another party…

 Editor's note: Analysing 590 affidavits from three major parties is a gigantic task. We could analyse only 240 of them. Here are the highlights of our partial analysis. If you have analysed affidavits and have noted anything of importance, do mail us at edit (at) citizenmaters (dot) in.Majority of the candidates contesting this BBMP election from three major political parties - BJP, Congress and the JD(S) have one thing in common. A large number of them are less educated, but are stinking rich. When Citizen Matters looked into the affidavits of candidates from BJP, Congress and JD(S), from 84 wards…

Highlights of Congress manifesto - BBMP elections 2015 Construction of elevated flyover to connect East-West and North-South of the city Introducing mono rail and commuter railway Establishing property tax board Implementing Mekedatu project and supply large quantity of water to Bengaluru Opening 5 new art and cultural centres on the line of Ravindra Kalakshetra Constructing 4 new sports hostelsConstruction of 5,000 toilets in 5 years Developing 25 per cent of BBMP schools every year Establishing working women hostels and skill development centres for women Four super-speciality hospitals Making Bengaluru slum-free in 5 years Single window system for receiving complaints from…

  JD(S) manifesto - BBMP election 2015 Constructing 124 road underpasses to reduce accidents Limiting road widening to only 21 roads and cancelling the notification to widen 98 roads Establishing Central Processing Office to track property related transactions Removing encroachments and rejuvenate all water tanks / build dams across big Rajakaluves Building a nine-stage multiplex for vocal and visual arts on the lines of Sidney Opera Improving digital connectivity by building new networks, Wi-Fi connection throughout the city Creating Bengaluru Waste Management Authority Taking help of private sector to run BBMP schools under CSR initiative Introducing Title Value Protection scheme…

Highlights from the BJP manifesto for BBMP election - 2015 BJP manifesto lists the achievements in last five years. “The city's revenues have more than doubled from 500 crores to 2000 crores,” says the manifesto, and lists signal-free corridor, rejuvenation-restoration of over 80 lakes, development of 100 parks, housing up to 10000 for the urban poor, providing drainage system for newly included suburban localities, providing 512 MLD of water from Cauvery 4th stage for a part of newly added 110 villages, creating Road History for Bengaluru etc as some of the achievements. BJP manifesto also claims credit for Bengaluru topping…

Chintu TV is perhaps the only television channel that has been broadcasting dubbed content in Kannada. Pic courtesy: Chintu TV. When the fair-trade regulator Competition Commision of India (CCI) imposed penalties on three cinema and television organisations for preventing dubbing in Karnataka recently, the pro-dubbing fraction heaved a sigh of relief. The CCI order has been debated following the very long dubbing battle between anti-dubbing and pro-dubbing lobbies and organisations.   Kannada Grahakara Koota, a consumer forum which has been fighting in favour of dubbing, viewed the judgment as remarkable. They tend to believe that Kannadigas can now be able…

Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) Commissioner G Kumar Naik has warned the politicians and political parties to adhere to the model code of conduct, in the BBMP election background. He directed the election officers to act against any violation of code of conduct, including erection of flex boards and banners and meetings by elected representatives. Organisers of any political programmes and campaigns must take prior permission and adhere to the rules, barring which the officials must take strict action, he added. Total voters Number of wards - 198 Polling stations - 6,733 Male voters - 37,68,498 Female voters - 34,10,388…

The new building of Government Higher Primary School, Nallurahalli which has remained unoccupied from last five years. Pic: Murugaraj Swaminathan Even after years of construction, the building of the Government Higher Primary School, Nallurahalli in Whitefield remained unoccupied. Inaugurated with much fanfare five years ago, the school building which is supposed to shelter students, turned out to be a dumpyard for builders. Eight classrooms in two blocks of the school were used by local contractors to dump the cement sacks, concrete blocks and other waste materials. However, the situation is going to change soon. You will hear the chitter-chatter of…