Congress leader thrown out of Jaipur Municipal Corporation meeting

A high voltage three-hour drama was witnessed between the BJP and Congress at the Jaipur Municipal Corporation on Monday. On the one hand, BJP councillors were targeting civic body’s officials, while on the other, the issue of Congress sending its deputy leader of opposition saw heated exchanges between the two.

The reason for the fracas during the meeting of the Executive Committee (EC) was instead of leader of the opposition, the Congress sent Deputy leader of the opposition Dharm Singh Singhania in the meeting which was taking place after 17 months.

Mayor Ashok Lahoti and JMC Commissioner asked Singhania to leave the meeting, but he kept sitting there. On this, the mayor, councillors and officer came out of the meeting hall and the jawans of vigilance cell came and took Singhania forcibly out. As Singhania was dragged out he kept shouting at the jawans and sat on the front of the mayor’s car to protest against his decision.

A meeting of the EC held after 17 months did not include any proposals relating to employees. 

This meeting was called to target the civic body’s authorities. During the meeting, BJP councilors targeted JMC Commissioner Ravi Jain along with other officers for various lapses.

“The Congress party has given me charge of LoP, the Municipal Corporation included my name in the list of committee members. I was informed of the meeting by phone and now the Mayor dictatorially forced me out of the meeting,” Singhania said.

On the other hand, during the EC meeting, Maan Pandit demanded action while raising the issue of dharna by the employees. 

The mayor directed the commissioner to investigate and take action in this regard. Maan Pandit accused the Additional Commissioner of corruption in closing e-tendering. During this, the two had heated exchanges and finally the committee decided to resume the e-tendering system.