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The Greater Bengaluru Governance (Second Amendment) Bill, 2025, and The Karnataka Social Boycott (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal Bill), 2025, were tabled successful the Karnataka Legislative Assembly connected Thursday.
On behalf of Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, Social Welfare Minister H.C. Mahadevappa tabled The Greater Bengaluru Governance (Second Amendment) Bill, 2025, successful which six amendments person been projected to the Greater Bengaluru Governance Act, 2024.
Among different amendments it has been projected to see each elected members of Lok Sabha and State Legislative Assembly, whose constituency oregon portion of constituency prevarication wrong country of the Greater Bengaluru Authority, arsenic members of the Authority.
The others to beryllium included are members of Rajya Sabha, and State Legislative Council who are elected by members of Legislative Assembly who reside wrong the Greater Bengaluru Authority, each elected members of Legislative Council from section authorities constituencies oregon postgraduate oregon teachers constituencies and each Rajya Sabha members and MLCs who person their names successful the electoral wrong the country of the authority.
On societal boycott
Mr. Mahadevappa besides tabled The Karnataka Social Boycott (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal Bill) 2025.
Through the Bill, it has been projected to prohibit immoderate enactment of societal boycott and immoderate idiosyncratic who imposes oregon causes to enforce immoderate societal boycott connected immoderate subordinate of his community. The offence is punishable with imprisonment which whitethorn widen to 3 years oregon with good which whitethorn widen to ₹1 lakh oregon with both.
Prohibition officer
The Bill besides proposes to name societal boycott prohibition officer, supply compensation to the victim.
