Ruler's talk and routine maneuvering of opposition in General Board of Rajkot Municipality
Rajkot's civic servants ignored the questions of 20 lakh citizens: Opposition corporators also accused with question! If they protested on the issue of potholes, the rulers, running away from the discussion, pushed them out
Rajkot, : Instead of seriously and fruitfully discussing the issues of the metropolis with a population of more than 20 lakhs and an area of 169 sq km, the general board of the municipality, which is convened barely once every two months, today, on the occasion of National Film Day, had a picture of playing scenes like scenes from movies. The BJP rulers avoided discussing the issues of the people and pretended to do the work of the board, while the opposition raised slogans, waved papers and the issues that were causing pain to the people on a daily basis were drowned in this tactic.
In order to prevent millions of citizens from going to the municipal council themselves, in a democratic system four municipal servants are elected and sent to a ward with an average population of one lakh each. The public board of the municipality should therefore be convened every month and a special board may be convened in addition to that. But, without mayors, it is compulsory to convene the board at least once in 2 months to hold bi-monthly general meeting, which was held today. The questions of corporators are accepted before the board week, but Rajkot's 12,000 potholes and 60 dilapidated highways are forgotten and not asked.
At the beginning of the question-and-answer session, the question of BJP corporators was discussed in which instead of a debate, there was only a statement by the commissioner. Municipal Commissioner D.P.Desai said in response to the Mayor's instructions that 195 km of new roads have been built in three years, for which Rs. 62.44 crore has been spent. (Although the cool expenditure for road works has been borrowed Rs. 123 crores in the last one year) It is claimed that out of 3,000 samples of asphalt, only 39 samples failed in three years. But, no one discussed why there are gaps on the road even after spending so much, why there is no investigation. Officers started collecting details when Corporator Nehal Shukla asked questions about TP deduction.
Like every time, the Congress corporators were not allowed to participate in the discussion of this road and like every time, this time also the opposition corporators including Washram Sagthia brought papers with writings containing accusations and even questions, the eyes of the attendees turned towards him. When the opposition corporator displayed the GPMC book, ST Chairman Jaymeen Thacker retorted that the full form of GPMC should be spoken. After speeches, slogans, protests, accusations and counter-accusations and all that, finally the marshals pushed this corporator out.
Apart from this, Congress's Ranjit Mundhwa, who was coming for a presentation, was taken away by the police on a scooter. Later, the BJP corporators alone approved everything unanimously without any discussion or even reading the proposal at home. There were 22 proposals in which the provision of charging interest if the amount is paid in installments in FSI, approval of the controversial rules of recruitment of cleaners.
Gujarat Cabinet Minister-Corporator Babria did not even present the holiday report, 11 corporators including 9 of BJP, suspended 2 are absent! BJP corporators are no longer interested in meetings or public boards
Rajkot, : Rumors are coming that a lot is happening behind the scenes of discipline. After 11 corporators of the BJP were absent from the membership registration meeting in Rajkot yesterday in the presence of MP from Kutch, 12 corporators were simultaneously absent from the general meeting of the municipality today.
The absent corporators also include Gujarat government cabinet minister Bhanuben Babria. The other 9 corporators had given a leave report that they would not be present but Bhanuben had forgotten that too. It is worth mentioning that the party has allowed him to remain as a corporator after making him a cabinet minister.
Apart from this, BJP has suspended Devuben Jadav and Vajiben Goltar who were elected on BJP ticket for trying to get housing in their husband's name illegally, both of them are now independent corporators and they were also absent. But, all four Congress corporators who were allowed to speak were present
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