JMC-H mayor & 50 councillors resign, seek officer's suspension

JAIPUR: In an unprecedented development, Jaipur Municipal Corporation - Heritage (JMC-H) mayor Munesh Gurjar, along with 50 other councillors, tendered resignation on Saturday morning in protest against an alleged misbehaviour by the civic body's additional commissioner, Rajendra Verma.
The mayor and the councillors tendered their resignations to Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot.
The problem started with a dispute between the elected representatives and the deputy commissioner over a file meant for approval of the deployment of beat sanitation workers in different wards of JMC - H. The mayor and the councillors alleged that Verma had held up the file for the past 17 days, did not attend repeated calls from the mayor, and forced the councillors out of his room when they went to meet him for a discussion.
"The kind of indecent language the additional commissioner used is intolerable. We had written to the chief minister with a demand to suspend Verma. Since no steps were taken yet, we decided to tender our resignations," said Munesh Gurjar.
Councillors stage protest seeking beat sanitation workers in their wards
Demanding deployment of beat sanitation workers in their wards, around 50 councillors including JMC Heritage mayor and deputy mayor staged a protest at the municipal corporation office on Friday.
The mayor alleged that the file for approval of staff has been withheld by the Rajendra Verma, additional commissioner for the past 15 days and he does not attend phone calls and neither does he meet for discussion.
The mayor also alleged indecent behaviour by the additional commissioner and demanded for him to be removed from the post. As part of the protest, the councillors had locked the additional commissioner in his room and protested outside.
"The kind of indecent language that the additional commissioner has used it will not be tolerated at all and we have written to the chief minister also with only one demand that the official should be suspended, otherwise the protest will continue," said mayor Munesh Gurjar on Friday evening. The protest was still on till the filing of this copy. In the matter cabinet minister Mahesh Joshi intervened on Friday evening.