Bengaluru: Days after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) swept the elections for the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), the election for the mayor and deputy mayor (reserved for a woman), is scheduled to take place on Friday.
Karnataka HC today allowed mayoral poll as per present provisions under the law meaning that MPs, MLAs and MLCs can vote.
However, the court will decide the validity of the present provisions after a full hearing. That means the court can invalidate the election of mayor if provisions are found unconstitutional.
The BJP had won 100 wards out of 198 at the BBMP polls held on August 22. The Congress had bagged 76, Janata Dal Secular (JD-S) 14 and others 8.
