Congress rebels pick Jogindar Pal Shinda as Talwara MC chief, withdraw resignations

Our Correspondent

Talwara, January 3

On Monday, high voltage drama took place in the town over the ongoing controversy after eight Congress councillors rebelled to remove the council president from the post. The eight rebel councillors of Municipal Council, Talwara, not only got one more councillor, Jogindar Pal Shinda from Ward No. 13, added to their faction, but also agreed to install him as the president.

All of them also signed a memorandum of understanding to make Shinda the president. Thakur Pritam Singh, president, Block Congress, Talwara, and senior Congress leader Chaudhary Mohan Lal played an important role in arranging the meeting. During the meeting, the said eight councillors also withdrew the resignations given on Friday from the Congress party, to strengthen their faction and make Shinda sit on the president’s chair.

The rebel councillors had resigned from the party on Friday. Now, after the agreement on the name of Shinda for the post of president, they wrote a letter on their letter head containing their signatures to withdraw their resignation today. The letter we send to president of Punjab Pradesh Congress Party Navjot Singh Sidhu on WhatsApp. Letters regarding withdrawal of resignations have also been sent to District Hoshiarpur Congress president Kuldeep Nanda and Dasuya Assembly Constituency MLA Arun Dogra. During this, Jogidar Pal Shinda from Ward 13 of Municipal Council, Talwara, Councillor Munish Chadha from Ward No. 4, Councillor Deepak Arora from Ward No 12, Councillor Taranjit Singh from Ward No 6, Councillor Suman Dua from Ward No 7, Councillor Vikas Chandra from Ward No 8, Ward No 10 Councillor Parminder Kaur from Ward No 11, Councillor Shally Anand from Ward No 11 and Councillor Suridar Kaur from Ward No 1, etc. were present.

Meanwhile, in a letter issued by Monika Sharma, the president of the Municipal Council, Talwara, an agenda related to the common meeting of the city council Talwara was issued, calling the meeting on December 4 at 12 o’clock in the municipal council office, Talwara. Sharma has urged all members to be present in the meeting on time.