Opposition slams mayor, BJP for financial crisis in Chandigarh municipal corporation

Time of India

2 days ago

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Chandigarh: Carrying large posters of fake cheques, placards, and raising slogans, opposition parties AAP and Congress slammed city mayor and the BJP for failing to secure any additional financial support from the Chandigarh administration or the central government during the general house meeting on Tuesday.
Carrying fake cheques of Rs 238 crore and Rs 92 crore, amounts the BJP had previously claimed would be sanctioned soon, the opposition lambasted the saffron party, accusing it of misleading the public with figures that were neither approved nor received by the municipal corporation to date.
Congress councillor and deputy mayor Tarun Mehta questioned how much money had been received but got no satisfactory answer.
The opposition's protest gained traction, especially after a BJP councillor had celebrated in the last general house meeting by distributing sweets and claiming that Rs 200 crore would be received soon. However, not a single rupee has arrived so far, drawing sharp criticism toward the saffron party.
This isn't the first time. Earlier, the BJP had also claimed that Rs 92 crore was received in Jan, which turned out to be untrue.
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Carrying a lock in her hand, AAP councillor Premlata mocked the mayor, symbolising the shutdown of the MC amid what she described as the worst financial crisis in its history. She pointed out that all developmental work had come to a standstill. "The rainy season is approaching, roads are riddled with potholes and damaged in many areas, and the cleaning of road gullies is still incomplete. The city is in a bad state," she told the mayor.
With the financial crisis at the MC worsening, the municipal commissioner informed councillors that the MC currently lacks sufficient funds to carry out development works. Despite repeated appeals to the UT administration, no additional financial assistance has been granted for the current fiscal year.
Meanwhile, municipal commissioner Amit Kumar on Tuesday gave his dissent note on the issue of the removal of employees.
Since the municipal councillors were asking not to remove the employees from service at any cost, but citing the norms, rules, and regulations, officers said that the extension has been given till the end of June, but after that, the matter will be reviewed. While putting pressure again and again, the commissioner gave a dissent note on this matter.
Also, an altercation was witnessed between two BJP municipal councillors. Heated arguments ensued between BJP councillor Kanwar Rana and Dalip Sharma over agenda items. Rana was avoiding discussing the agenda until the tender documents related to employees were presented before the house members, which he demanded, while Sharma said that the discussion over agendas should be allowed until the papers come before the house.
This ruckus forced the mayor to call for a break. Later, an altercation was witnessed between BJP's Kanwar Rana and AAP's Ram Chander Yadav.