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BBC News
3 days ago
- Politics
- BBC News
Hounslow councillor attends and votes at panel meeting 'by mistake'
Hounslow Council has apologised after a councillor attended and voted at a meeting when he was not meant to do Gill, Labour councillor for Chiswick, attended a meeting of the council's licensing panel on 15 July, where he voted on a licensing he had not yet been officially appointed to the panel in what the council called a "misunderstanding", according to the Local Democracy Reporting means the decision is null and void and the meeting must be held again in the coming weeks, which the council said could cost up to £500. Gill had not initially been appointed to the panel when most selections were made in was later nominated after the council said further changes to the committee were then undertook licensing training, but was not yet an official member of the council officers believed he had already been appointed, so he was mistakenly included in the 15 July meeting. The issue was raised at a full council meeting on 22 July, when Conservative councillor Jack Emsley called Gill's attendance at the licensing panel a "breach of the constitution".Benita Edwards, the council's director of law and governance, confirmed there had been a breach and apologised for the added: "I have concluded that the meeting of the licensing panel wasn't properly convened; it is as if the meeting never took place, and any decisions are effectively null and void." After the meeting, Emsley said: "Residents in Chiswick will rightly feel frustrated not only that Gill's actions jeopardised the decision taken by the panel and caused an unnecessary delay, but that taxpayer money will now be wasted in having to reconvene the meeting." A council spokesperson said that they cannot confirm an exact cost of holding another meeting, but that it is expected to be between £250 to £ is to cover the additional costs for legal support.
Time of India
07-05-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
SAD-BJP unite to oppose no-confidence motion against Kharar MC president
Mohali: In a dramatic development, leaders of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) closed ranks to resist a no-confidence motion filed against Jaspreet Kaur Longia , sitting president of the Kharar Municipal Council (MC).Senior leaders N K Sharma, Ranjit Gill, Parvinder Sohana, Charanjit Kalewal, and BJP's Vineet Joshi voiced strong opposition to what they described as Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) "high-handedness and misuse of power." Addressing a joint press conference, the alliance leaders alleged that AAP was pressuring councillors who support SAD using administrative machinery, including the police. "AAP is attempting to hijack the democratic process in Kharar by threatening and coercing councillors," said SAD leader Ranjit Gill. "We, the SAD-BJP alliance, are united in our stand to save the duly-elected president from being ousted under duress," they Derabassi MLA and senior SAD leader, N K Sharma, accused AAP of blatant misuse of state power. "Police officers have been sent to homes and workplaces of councillors supporting SAD. This is a clear attempt to intimidate them into switching sides," Sharma claimed. BJP's Vineet Joshi and SAD leaders Parvinder Sohana and Charanjit Kalewal also condemned AAP's alleged pressure tactics and pledged full support to president crisis erupted when 18 councillors submitted a written request to the executive officer of the Kharar Municipal Council, seeking a special meeting to introduce a no-confidence motion against Longia. The signatories, including councillors from Congress, AAP, and a few independents, cited a lack of confidence in Longia's leadership and claimed that she no longer enjoyed majority group invoked relevant provisions of the Punjab Municipal Act, urging the executive officer to convene a session to allow a formal floor test. The 27-member Kharar MC is composed of eight SAD councillors, eight independents, one AAP councillor, and 10 Congress Kaur Longia was previously elected as president with the support of independent councillors, despite SAD not holding a majority on its own. With shifting alliances and political tension mounting, the no-confidence motion poses a serious challenge to the SAD-led leadership in Kharar. The president will be given a chance to prove her majority in the house as per statutory 120936432 413 |
