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BJP councillors disrupting MC functioning: Mayor Kuldeep Kumar
Babushahi Bureau
Chandigarh, July 13, 2024: Mayor Kuldeep Kumar today said BJP was trying to prevent him from running the MC house peacefully.
“Ever since I took over the post of Mayor in Chandigarh Municipal Corporation, BJP councillors are not happy with me becoming the Mayor. BJP councillors deliberately create ruckus in MC house”, he said.
Mayor Kuldeep Kumar said that in the last meeting of the Municipal Corporation, BJP councillors had created a ruckus over nominated councillor Anil Masih who murdered democracy during the mayoral elections. All the BJP councillors got up from their seats and came to the middle of the hall and started making noise and the proceedings of the Municipal Corporation were completely stopped. I appealed to the BJP councillors several times to remain calm, but none of the BJP councillors paid heed to my appeal and violated the decorum of the Municipal Corporation and spoiled the atmosphere of the meeting.”
He further said that when the BJP councilors did not pay any attention to the rules of the Municipal Corporation, he ordered the marshals to take the BJP councilors out as per the rules.
The BJP councillors also scuffled with the marshals for a long time. After this, I was forced to end the Municipal Corporation meeting there.
Mayor Kuldeep Kumar further said that the BJP does not want them to do any work in the interest of the people of Chandigarh, that is why the BJP councillors deliberately spoil the atmosphere in every meeting of the Municipal Corporation.
Responding to the false allegations made by BJP councillor Saurabh Joshi, he said that Saurabh Joshi spoils the atmosphere in every meeting of the Municipal Corporation as part of a conspiracy.
In the last meeting also, Saurabh Joshi was appealed several times to remain calm, but Saurabh Joshi did not want any work to be done in the Municipal Corporation in the interest of the city residents. Saurabh Joshi, along with his councillor colleagues, also scuffled with the marshals, which was intolerable.
Mayor Kuldeep Kumar further said that in a statement to the media, Saurabh Joshi has also accused him of not knowing about his condition, which is completely baseless.He said that he called Saurabh Joshi several times to know about his condition, but every time his phone was switched off.
After this, he called another BJP councillor to know about Saurabh Joshi's condition, then that councillor friend said that he is completely fine.