The Supreme Court of India extended the deadline for conducting long-pending elections to the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike and newly created Greater Bengaluru municipal corporations till August 31, while warning that no further extension would be granted thereafter.
MNS leader Avinash Jadhav has moved the Bombay High Court seeking a court-monitored probe into the mass withdrawal of municipal poll candidates, and has urged that results in 68 ‘unopposed’ Mahayuti seats be stayed until the plea is resolved.
