2 councillors’ husbands attend Muktsar MC meet

Archit Watts

Tribune News Service

Muktsar, March 21

The husbands of two councillors attended the budget meeting of the Muktsar Municipal Council on March 18.

Harpreet Singh ‘Gola’ Sodhi ‘represented’ his wife, Ripjit Kaur, councillor from ward 19, while Ladi Batra, husband of Rupinder Batra (ward 7), was also present.

When contacted, Ladi Batra said, “My wife and me both attended the meeting.”

Sodhi said, “I know that a councillor’s family members can’t attend the House meeting. But my wife was unwell, so I came on her behalf. Besides, I had to raise some important issues concerning the town.”

The MC, which has 31 councillors, passed the annual budget for 2016-17 of nearly Rs 16.7 crore. During the meeting, unruly scenes were witnessed when councillors of the ruling SAD-BJP combine alleged that corrupt practices were taking place in the MC.

They also accused MC president Harpal Singh Bedi of having a biased approach. Bedi refuted the allegation. The councillors also demanded that the recently allotted tenders for development works should be recalled.