Dhillon reinstated as Zirakpur MC president

After a one-and-a-half year impasse over the post of president of Zirakpur civic body and two no-confidence motions, Udayvir Singh Dhillon was reinstated as the Zirakpur Municipal Council president.

The Local Government Department wrote to the Deputy Commissioner, officiating as an administrator, informing her that the no-confidence motion meeeting on October 3 in which 21 councillors took part has not been able to clear the mandatory two-third majority.

The development came after High Court sought a reply from the Local Government Department today by 3pm even as officials sought more time to file a reply in the morning.

The move is a massive egg on the face of ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and other parties which had aligned to dethrone the incumbent president through the no-confidence motion. Significantly, the first no-confidence motion was held illegal by the HC as Executive Officer had called for a special meeting even though it is the legal right of MC president to call for a meeting.

Udayvir Singh Dhillon said, “The AAP government, which was trying for the past one-and-a-half years to dethrone an elected president, itself conceded its defeat in the court and accepted that the October 3 no-confidence motion has failed. AAP, SAD, independents and BJP combined but failed. I request all councillors who left Congress to come and join for the betterment of people of Zirakpur.”

Meanwhile, the letter issued to hold the elections for the post of vice-president of Zirakpur Municipal Council has been cancelled.