JMC saga: No meetings, no panels

The general body meeting (GBM) of Jaipur Municipal Corporation(JMC), is neither being held on time nor the functionary committees have been formed. Because of which the public is facing trouble. Since there is no general body meeting, the proposal related to the development of the city and people’s problems is not being discussed.

Two and a half months ago, the General Body Meeting of the Municipal Corporation was held on September 22. Mayor Ashok Lahoti has convened a general body meeting only three times during his one year term. While he should have organized six meetings in a year. When Lahoti took over on December 14, 2016, the BJP organization had promised that General body meetings would be held on time and committees would also be formed soon. But promises remained verbal only and even after 12 months the committees could not be formed. As per Rajasthan Municipalities Act, the meeting should have been organised within 60 days but no meeting has been held after the last general body meeting which was held on September 22.

Formation of committees has also been delayed and some councilors had complained about it to party organisation functionaries earlier.

Some councillors approached their respective MLAs. The BJP …read more