<p>Despite police protection, Mayor B N Manjunatha Reddy was heckled and jostled outside the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike Council building on Thursday by BJP members, who alleged disparity in allocation of funds to the Bommanahalli Assembly Constituency.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The BJP’s Bommanahalli MLA Sathish Reddy, party corporators and their supporters who besieged the Mayor, raised slogans alleging partiality in fund allocation and threatened to disrupt Council proceedings for the second consecutive day. Police had made elaborate security arrangements and put up barricades to prevent any untoward incident. <br /><br />Inside the Council, the Mayor had to face a vociferous Sathish Reddy and BJP corporators who were relentless in their tirade. For the second day, they staged a demonstration inside the Council hall.<br /><br />Sathish Reddy said, “I have no complaints over grant of funds to constituencies represented by Congress MLAs. My contention is, why my constituency was ignored. How can development happen without money?”<br /><br />Congress MLAs Munirathna from Rajarajeshwarinagar and Byrathi Basavaraj from KR Puram too had come to the BBMP Council meeting to support Mayor Manjunath Reddy. The two MLAs assured Sathish Reddy that they would call on Bengaluru Development Minister K J George and request him to release special grants to the Bommanahalli constituency.<br /><br />Later in his speech, the Mayor conceded: “Some error did occur in the allocation of funds. We will rectify the mistake in the allocation of funds to Bommanahalli.”<br /><br />Intervening in the discussion, Munirathna said if Sathish Reddy had raised this matter in during 2013-14 and 2014-15, the problem would not have arisen. He supported the Bommanahalli MLA's demand for funds and said no area should be left under-developed in the City. He added that Minister George has assured him that he would call a meeting and rectify the mistake.<br /></p>
<p>Despite police protection, Mayor B N Manjunatha Reddy was heckled and jostled outside the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike Council building on Thursday by BJP members, who alleged disparity in allocation of funds to the Bommanahalli Assembly Constituency.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The BJP’s Bommanahalli MLA Sathish Reddy, party corporators and their supporters who besieged the Mayor, raised slogans alleging partiality in fund allocation and threatened to disrupt Council proceedings for the second consecutive day. Police had made elaborate security arrangements and put up barricades to prevent any untoward incident. <br /><br />Inside the Council, the Mayor had to face a vociferous Sathish Reddy and BJP corporators who were relentless in their tirade. For the second day, they staged a demonstration inside the Council hall.<br /><br />Sathish Reddy said, “I have no complaints over grant of funds to constituencies represented by Congress MLAs. My contention is, why my constituency was ignored. How can development happen without money?”<br /><br />Congress MLAs Munirathna from Rajarajeshwarinagar and Byrathi Basavaraj from KR Puram too had come to the BBMP Council meeting to support Mayor Manjunath Reddy. The two MLAs assured Sathish Reddy that they would call on Bengaluru Development Minister K J George and request him to release special grants to the Bommanahalli constituency.<br /><br />Later in his speech, the Mayor conceded: “Some error did occur in the allocation of funds. We will rectify the mistake in the allocation of funds to Bommanahalli.”<br /><br />Intervening in the discussion, Munirathna said if Sathish Reddy had raised this matter in during 2013-14 and 2014-15, the problem would not have arisen. He supported the Bommanahalli MLA's demand for funds and said no area should be left under-developed in the City. He added that Minister George has assured him that he would call a meeting and rectify the mistake.<br /></p>
