Councillors walk out at Karnal MC meet
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Tribune News Service
Karnal, June 30
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The General House meeting of the Karnal Municipal Corporation remained stormy following a walkout by councillors, including the Deputy Mayor. They were demanding a progress report on the agendas passed during the past two-and-a-half-year of the current House. After the assurance of Mayor Renu Bala Gupta, the councillors got pacified and joined the meeting except Councillor Yudhveer Saini of Ward15.
16 agendas presented, 15 passed
- At the meeting, 16 agendas were presented. Except one, the remaining were passed by the House during a marathon meeting.
- After the death of a councillor, the number of councillors has been reduced to 19. Of them, 14 councillors were present.
In the meeting chaired by Mayor Gupta and presided over by Commissioner Dr Manoj Kumar, 16 agendas were presented. Except one agenda, the remaining was passed by the House during a marathon meeting.
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After the death of a councillor, the number of councillors has been reduced to 19. Of them, 14 councillors were present. Surprisingly, the representatives of three councillors were also allowed to sit in the House, who raised the voice of their wards and nobody objected to it. As the meeting started, Deputy Mayor Naveen Kumar along with councillors Yudhveer Saini and others demanded a report card on the progress on the works. They created ruckus and walked out. The Mayor directed the officials to submit a progress report in one month. “We are team members and working for the development of the city. I have asked the officials of the KMC to submit a progress report ,” the Mayorsaid .
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