With state Assembly elections round the corner, Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) seems to be on an inauguration spree. In just six days (from March 6). There were 10 functions held in the city either for inaugurating new projects or laying of foundation stone.

The BBMP roped in Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar, Deputy CM R Ashok, ministers and MPs for the programmes — laying of foundation stones for six new projects, inauguration of three completed projects and distribution of bicycles under the BBMP welfare scheme.

“With elections round the corner, MLAs from all the parties are in a hurry to inaugurate or lay foundation for new projects,” Mayor D Venkatesh Murthy told Express. “Once the election dates are announced, we can neither inaugurate nor lay foundation stone due to the code of conduct. So, we are taking these works on priority basis,” he said.

However, the mayor said that the works were sanctioned long ago and what the BBMP is doing now, will ultimately help the public.

Interestingly, all these works have been executed in wards and constituencies which are represented by the BJP councillors and legislators. Many works were completed in a short span of time, unlike other BBMP projects that take many years. For instance, the work on Dorekere Lake in Uttarahalli that started 10 months ago, was completed and inaugurated the same day by CM and the Deputy CM on Monday. Last May, Ashok had announced `3 crore for the renovation of the lake.