Charanjit Singh Teja Tribune News Service Amritsar December 31 The BJP councillors allegations regarding involvement of the Congress councillors in construction of illegal buildings in the city and counter claims of Mayor Karamjit Singh Rintu led to chaos in the General House meet of the Municipal Corporation on Thursday. Leader of Opposition Sandhya Sikka said the Mayor should be held accountable for construction of illegal buildings in the city. Conduct dope test of MC staff District Congress chief and MC councillor Jatinder Sonia proposed to conduct dope test of the MC employees. She laid stress on making the dope test mandatory before recruiting any employee. “Dope test of employees should be conducted and those found addicted should be terminated” said Sonia. Staff hired during Covid-19 outbreak sacked As many as 45 employees who were hired during the outbreak of the Covid-19 at quarantine centres had been removed recently. The employees protested outside the MC office and demanded reappointment. Councillor Davinder Singh said “The MC should adjust them as they offered services without caring for themselves during the crisis. They should not be sacked.” The Mayor vowed to disclose violations done by the BJP councillors. Rintu informed about a property at Bhullar Avenue on Fathegarh road where an influential politician has reportedly violated the building bylaws. Jarnail Singh Dhot a BJP councillor intervened and started arguing with the Mayor. Rintu termed him dallal of hoteliers. Dhot strongly opposed the Mayor and the Opposition councillors demanded to file this in the proceeding and prove it. Aman Arry another BJP councillor said they would file defamation case against the Mayor. Sikka condemned Mayor for using such words. Rintu said “The government dismissed Municipal Town Planner IPS Randhawa a few months ago for allowing illegal construction. We take stern action. The BJPs councillors are welcome to come with names of violators and persons who are involved but no one will be allowed to level false allegations.” Earlier development works comprising Rs100 crore were passed unanimously in the meeting. Presiding over the meet the Mayor asked the councillors to observe two minutes of silence to pay homage to eminent persons and Covid warriors who lost their lives in 2020. Around 90 resolutions were moved in the meeting out of which all the resolutions except one were passed unanimously. The meeting was specially attended by MLA Inderbir Singh Bularia and he laid out a table agenda dedicated to Shaheed Baba Partap Singh and proposed to name the road from the Chatiwind Gate to Tahliwala Chowk after Shaheed Baba Partap Singh. The Mayor said the House meet got delayed due to the Covid-19 induced lockdown. He said in the last three years development works worth Rs400 crore had been completed while the previous House had done only Rs125 crore of works.

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