Mayor's 600cr demand riles oppn, sparks pol crossfire

Time of India

3 days ago

Mohali: With municipal elections barely seven months away, Mohali mayor Amarjit Singh Jeeti Sidhu's demand for Rs 600 crore to address civic issues has triggered a political slugfest.
Opposition parties have accused the Congress mayor of failing to deliver during his tenure and questioned the timing of the request for funds.
SAD Mohali in-charge Parminder Singh Sohana said the proposal was impractical so close to elections. "The irony is that the mayor seeks Rs 600 crore when there is hardly any time left to utilise it. Tendering works of this scale will take months. This is nothing but an attempt to make personal gains," he alleged.
BJP's Mohali unit chief Sanjeev Vashisht launched an equally scathing attack on the mayor. "In the past four years, the Congress mayor completely failed the city.
Mohali residents are ready to oust him. He should step down on moral grounds," Vashisht said, adding that BJP aims to install its own mayor in the next term.
Sidhu blamed AAP-led govt for withholding funds. "We have been demanding Rs 600 crore for a long time, but our local MLA has been the biggest obstacle. Countering him, AAP MLA Kulwant Singh called the mayor "unstable."
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