Express News ServiceFirst Published : 28 May 2010
BANGALORE: A coalition of civil society organisations on Thursday demanded suspension of 32 Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) councillors for failing to declare their assets.
The activists filed a petition with Mayor S K Nataraj demanding their suspension.
R Manohar of SICHREM said according to the Karnataka Municipal Election Act, the councillors should have declared their assets within one month of assuming office.
He said 32 of the 198 councillors have not yet complied and thus the mayor should disqualify them.
He said though the mayor had extended the last day of declaring assets to May 24, the councillors did not utilise it.
He also added that it was not right on the part of mayor to extend the deadline.
Manohar said they have filed an application under the Right to Information (RTI) Act to know the details of the councillors who have not declared their assets.
He said they had to resort to RTI as the palike officials did not give them the information.
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