BJP corporators oppose virtual GHMC general body meeting
The Hindu
GHMC corporators belonging to Telangana-BJP strongly opposed the proposed virtual meeting of the proposed general body meeting of the elected council on Monday. “We are 47 member strong group and both
GHMC corporators belonging to Telangana-BJP strongly opposed the proposed virtual meeting of the proposed general body meeting of the elected council on Monday. “We are 47 member strong group and both the commissioner and Mayor are afraid of facing us and so do not want to have a physical meeting. How can they have a budget meeting when the proposals were cleared by corporators of the last term?,” they asked at a press conference. Senior party leader Ch. Ramachandra Reddy led the corporators into voicing their opposition against the virtual meeting to be organised on Tuesday. “All the budget proposals were cleared by the earlier council as per their whim and fancies with the Majlis-TRS combine deciding the works with their chosen contracts. Why should we clear the proposals for the government’s approval when none of us have been involved in the exercise,” they said. Mr. Reddy said a party delegation had met Mayor Vijaylakshmi and requested her to put off the virtual meeting and provide sufficient time for the corporators to debate and discuss about the budget proposals, but this was dismissed. “We have thoroughly studied the budget proposals and we have lot of doubts and questions about the recently taken up works and the proposed projects. As elected representatives we have the democratic right to know more,” he said.The election authorities are gearing up for the counting of votes cast in the simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh, scheduled to be held on June 4. The Collectors and Election Officers of Visakhapatnam, Anakapalli and Alluri Sitharama Raju (ASR) districts said on May 23 (Thursday) that their teams were ready for the counting of votes.
Responding to the prolonged water scarcity, the residents of the area took to the streets in protest on Wednesday. The protest, which drew attention to their plight, stopped only after the intervention of the police. It was not until 1.30 p.m. that a 4000-litre tanker was finally delivered by BWSSB, providing relief to the water-starved residents.