Jaipur: Ruckus at JMC board meeting, Congress councilors manhandle cops
The board meeting began at 11 am. Congress councilors didn’t attend the meeting and gathered outside. They started raising slogans and manhandled cops. Some Congress councilors were taken into custody.
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Congress councilors protest outside Jaipur Nagar Nigam building.
Jaipur: Pandemonium was witnessed at Jaipur Municipal Council (JMC) board meeting on Thursday after Congress councilors staged a demonstration outside the Nagar Nigam building. The councilors including women manhandled cops and boycotted the board meeting when it began. The police had to disperse the crowd to restore law and order. The councilors accused Mayor Ashok Parnami of corruption.
The board meeting began at 11 am. Congress councilors didn’t attend the meeting and gathered outside. They started raising slogans and manhandled cops. Some Congress councilors were taken into custody.
The board meeting had three agendas. One of the agendas included expenditure of nearly Rs 100 crore on development works in 91 wards of the city. This was the first board meeting after the committees were set up.
JMC board meeting.
In the pre-board meeting on Wednesday, Parnami was at the receiving end of the BJP councilors also. The pre-board meeting of BJP councilors took place at hotel on Ajmer Road. In the meeting, BJP city president Sanjay Jain made several allegations against the mayor.
Similarly Congress councilors held a pre-board meeting that was presided over by Congress spokesperson Pratap Singh Khachariawas. In the meeting, the issue of misuse of funds was raised. Khachariawas alleged that Rs 2600 crore rupees granted to the civic bodies under the Smart City Project were wasted and there was a lot of corruption involved.
“If that much amount money had been spent on development works honestly, the city would have rejuvenated. But no development can be seen,” said Khachariawas.
