Youth Cong protests against Kalia

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, February  7  

The Chandigarh Youth Congress today staged  a protest against Mayor Rajesh Kalia outside the office of the Municipal Corporation  in Sector 17. Youth Congress leaders Priti Kesri and Sanjeev Birla  alleged  that the  Mayor was pressuring officials for getting the works  done.

The district president of the Chandigarh Youth Congress, Pradeep Kumar, said while the MC was  facing a shortage  of funds, the  Mayor  raised the demand for household items  from the  MC. He said   that is  why  Congress workers had brought a microwave for the Mayor. Pardeep Kumar said they requested the Mayor if he wanted any such thing, let it be known to the Youth Congress, instead of wasting the public money. 

City Congress general secretary Harmail Kesri said on the one side, the Municipal Corporation was facing financial hardships, on the other, the Mayor was involved in such a splurge.