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BJP councillors begin strike at JMC-H over corruption
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Jaipur: Over 20 BJP councillors began an indefinite strike against JMC Heritage mayor Kusum Yadav, at the municipal corporation headquarters Wednesday, accusing the civic body of being neck deep in corruption and holding it responsible for poor sanitary conditions in Jaipur's Walled City area.
Councillors sang hymns and offered prayers for the mayor and commissioner. Yadav, an independent councillor from ward 74, was made the mayor in Sept 2024 with support of councillors from BJP. In JMC Heritage, the current board has BJP in majority.
"In the current board, fake land leases are being issued, and despite councillors informing the administration about the issue, no action is being taken. This is blatant corruption as land leases are issued only after all officials and the mayor sign it," said Subhash Vyas, a councillor part of the protest.
Councillors demanded that a fair investigation must be conducted by an agency and wrongly issued leases must be cancelled.
Councillor Manoj Mudgal, who is also the chairperson of the encroachment prevention committee, said, "In the general body meeting of JMC Heritage, a proposal of allotting Rs 1 crore for development work in each ward was passed. The amount was also sanctioned, but now funds are not being issued.
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Sanitation conditions have already been deteriorating, and recently chief minister Bhajan Lal Sharma also expressed displeasure over it.
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They further said that beat sanitation workers are also not being given to councillors. For every ward, five beat sanitation workers, apart from regular waste collection, were also approved by the board.
Councillors said that until their demands are met, the protest will continue, and they threatened to go on a hunger strike in the coming days.
"Corruption is taking place openly, which will not be tolerated under any circumstances. In the Civil Line Zone, fake leases of govt land worth crores of rupees have been issued, which must be investigated impartially," added Mudgal.
Councillors from different wards, including Suresh Navriya, Uttam Sharma, Manak Sharma, Santosh Kanwar, Anshul Sharma, Jyoti Chauhan, Vikram Singh, Subhash Vyas, among others, joined the protest.
Despite attempts, mayor Yadav and commissioner Nidhi Patel, did not respond to calls for a comment.
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