Governance

Find out how Hebbal Assembly Constituency is faring and what the major issues in this constituency are. Learn about the incumbent MLA and INC candidate BS Suresh and other candidates - Katta Jagadish (BJP), Manjunath Naidu (AAP), and Mohid Altaf  (JDS). Table of contentsAbout the constituencyKey issues in the constituencyKey parameters - How does this constituency fare? SchoolingMobilityCitizen engagementHealth Constituency mapCitizen demandsIncumbent MLA: Byrathi Suresh In the newsList of candidatesIncumbent MLA: Suresh BS (INC) Candidate: Katta Jagadish, BJPCandidate: Syed Mohid Altaf, JDSCandidate: Manjunath Naidu, AAPFull list of candidates   Past elections results About the constituency Hebbal Assembly Constituency is in the Bengaluru Urban district and…

Find out how Rajarajeshwarinagar Assembly Constituency is faring and what the major issues in this constituency are. Learn about the incumbent MLA Munirathna N (BJP) and other candidates, including Kusuma Hanumantharayappa (INC), and Anantha Subhash Chandra (AAP). Table of contentsAbout the constituencyKey issues in the constituencyKey parameters – How does this constituency fare? SchoolingMobilityCitizen engagementHealthConstituency mapCitizen demandsIncumbent MLA: Munirathna NWork in the termIn the newsQuestions raised in the AssemblyList of candidatesIncumbent MLA Munirathna N, BJPCandidate: Kusuma Hanumantharayappa, INCCandidate: Anantha Subhash Chandra, AAPFull list of candidates  Past election results About the constituency Rajarajareshwarinagar constituency is in Bengaluru Urban district and falls in the…

As a career bureaucrat, Bhaskar Rao has donned many hats, including that of Commissioner of Police, Bangalore City. He started his political innings with the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in 2022, but after just 11 months switched sides to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). In return, he was given a ticket to contest the Assembly Elections from the Chamarajpet constituency against Zameer Ahmed, a four-time sitting MLA, who also started in Janata Dal (S) before moving to the Congress party.  The Chamarajpet Constituency with seven wards - Padarayanapura, JagajeevanramNagar, Rayapuram, Chalavadipalya, KR Market, Chamarajpet and Azadnagar - houses some of…

"I came into politics to serve the public," says KV Thilagar, the Councillor of Ward 92 (Mogappair East) in Chennai. Thilagar's family has been in politics for generations. Even before becoming the elected representative, he has been helping the public address their grievances. "I have helped over 2,000 people in my area get their community certificates in the past. It has aided many youngsters in pursuing higher education," says Thilagar. He was a member of the Indian National Congress (INC) but made the decision to contest the urban local body elections as an independent candidate when the party decided to…

Find out how Padmanabhanagar Assembly Constituency is faring and what the major issues in this constituency are. Learn about the incumbent MLA R Ashok (BJP) and other candidates. Table of contentsAbout the constituencyKey issues in the constituencyKey parameters – How does this constituency fare? SchoolingMobilityCitizen engagementHealth Constituency mapCitizen demands Incumbent MLA: R AshokWork in the termIn the news List of candidatesIncumbent MLA R Ashok, BJP V Raghunath Naidu, INCAjay Mayanna Gowda, AAPFull list of candidatesPast election results About the constituency Located in the south of the city, the Padmanabhanagar constituency consists of the Umamaheshwari ward, Ganesh mandir ward, Vikram Nagar and…

Picture a gathering of residents from your neighbourhood where you can put forth all your grievances about civic amenities and services directly to the officials in charge. Area Sabha meetings are platforms for just this and more.  More than 12 years since the first steps were taken to improve citizens’ participation in decision-making in urban local bodies, Chennai held its first Area Sabha meetings.  How did these meetings go? Were residents able to raise matters affecting daily life and find solutions?  We attended one such Area Sabha meeting to find out. Read more: Area Sabhas and Ward Committees: Power to…

Find out how Byatarayanapura Assembly Constituency is faring and what the major issues in this constituency are. Learn about the incumbent MLA Krishna Byre Gowda (INC) and other candidates, including Thammesh Gowda H C (BJP), Girish Kumar Naidu (AAP) and Nagaraj Gowda P (JDS). Table of contentsAbout the constituencyKey issues in the constituencyKey parameters - How does this constituency fare? SchoolingMobilityCitizen engagementHealth Constituency mapCitizen demandsIncumbent MLA: Krishna Byre GowdaWork in the termIn the newsQuestions raised in the AssemblyList of candidatesIncumbent MLA Krishna Byre Gowda, INC Candidate: Thammesh Gowda H C, BJPCandidate: Nagaraj Gowda P, JD(S)Candidate: Girish Kumar Naidu, AAPFull list of candidates   Past elections…

Bangalore Apartments’ Federation (BAF) is a federation representing the interests of residents of apartments and villa communities across Bengaluru. More than 1,180 apartment and villa resident welfare associations (RWAs) are members of BAF, representing nearly 250,000 households with close to one and a half million citizens either residing or working within these communities. Bengaluru city is growing at a rapid pace – nearly 1.35 crore of people from various parts of the country and the world have made this city their home. The rapid increase in population has been supported by a massive growth of vertical-living as the housing format.…

‘Civil Society Forum’ is a coalition of several civil society organisations and movements as well as individuals. It wishes to strengthen the electoral and democratic process in our city and state to make it more participatory and reflective of the real wishes of the people. The member organisations and individuals work in different sectors of urban and rural constituencies, engaging with diverse and marginalised communities in Karnataka and other states too. The Forum was actively involved in interacting with political parties, submitting manifestos during the Karnataka Assembly Elections in 2013 and 2018, the Lok Sabha Elections in 2014 and 2019…

Krishna Byre Gowda, from the Indian National Congress (INC), has been the MLA of Byatarayanapura since the constituency was formed in 2008. As part of his campaign to win the fourth term, he interacted with representatives of apartment associations in his constituency on April 9th. The MLA spoke about his achievements and answered key questions from the constituents. He also shared with Citizen Matters his plans for the next term if elected and his stance on certain important issues. The INC team and KBG, as he is popularly called, stressed multiple times on the MLA’s image as a clean and…