BJP leaders, residents hold protest against ‘missing’ Congress councillor

BJP leaders along with area residents protested with “missing posters” against Municipal Corporation ward number 27 councillor Gurbax Rawat, who was allegedly missing from the ward for the past several months as she has gone abroad.

They protested at the Sector 39-40 light point near the mandi ground. The protesters stood on the roadside with posters. They stopped some vehicles and asked them if they had seen the councillor in the area.

“In the absence of the councillor, the area residents had to go to the councillors of other wards to get documents signed and the development of the area has been negligible. The people of the area are criticising her being on foreign tour for many months,” said district BJP president Ravi Rawat, who led the protest.

Area mandal general secretary Kamlesh Sharma and mandal vice-president Cherry Dogra were seen asking people about the area councillor while holding her posters with ‘Missing’ written on them.

Rawat said, “It is noteworthy that all area councillors are given salary every month by the Municipal Corporation so that they can devote their entire time to look after the development of the ward. For the long time, the Congress councillor is taking the salary but is sitting abroad.”