Justice BV Nagarathna sought to know from the government about the preparedness for the polls and whether the urban development department had finalised the roster (ward wise reservation for SC, ST, women and OBCs).

The Rajendra Kataria Committee reported on various financial and administrative irregularities in floating of tenders, execution of civil works and failure to generate revenue through hoardings in the BBMP ruled by the Bharatiya Janata Party during the council's term from 2010 to 2015 and it was used as a weapon to supersede the civic body.

The Karnataka Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Bill, 2014, was planned to be tabled at the one-day special session of the state legislature on 20 April 2015.

The government decided to summon the special session as its move to promulgate an ordinance but the same was stalled by Governor Vajubhai Vala stating that he was not satisfied with it.

Following this, many Pro Kannada organisations and Youth wing of Bharatiya Janata Party protested opposing Government's move to Trifurcate BBMP.

As the House met for the day, Bharatiya Janata Party led by then Opposition Leader Jagadish Shettar demanded that the issue of crop damage due to unseasonal rains and hailstorms should be taken up first, but Speaker Kagodu Thimmappa wished that to be discussed later on.

Opposition criticised the government for going ahead with the plan to trifurcate the city even when the committee constituted by it to study on the matter is yet to submit its final report.

The Karnataka High Court on 24 April 2015 put off elections to the city's Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) civic body.

Setting aside a single bench order, which directed the state election commission (SEC) to conduct the civic poll by May 30, a division bench headed by Chief Justice D.H. Waghela and Justice Ram Mohan Reddy told the state government to hold the elections by six months, as per the 74th constitutional amendment.

The Karnataka Municipal Corporations (Amendment) Bill 2015 had initially been passed by the state assembly on April 20, 2015 but was defeated by the council on 20 July 2015.