After the BJP changed its mayor candidate at the last moment, Narayan Chaudhari decided to rebel against the party, saying he was promised by top BJP leaders that he would be the candidate.
The poll body found negligence in election duty by polling officer Anna Savata Budhe and police constable Gajanan Sitaram Rajut, who were deployed at the booth.
Leader of Opposition in the Karnataka Assembly R Ashoka said people in Bengaluru will also support the party in the elections to the five corporations under the Greater Bengaluru Authority.
In Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporations, long considered bastions of the Pawars, the BJP registered a landslide victory, raising serious questions about vote transfer
