The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has issued a show-cause notice to its Ward 19 councillor (Chandigarh Road), Nidhi Gupta, accusing her of anti-party activities after she raised concerns over poor sanitation and garbage lifting in her ward during Monday’s municipal corporation (MC) General House meeting.
Defending herself, Gupta described the notice as the result of a misunderstanding and maintained that raising civic issues was an essential part of her responsibilities as a councillor. She also alleged that chief sanitary officer Nishu Ghai had failed to provide sanitation workers in her ward with the equipment required for proper garbage collection. “I learnt from the workers that the chief sanitary officer was not providing them with the equipment required for proper garbage lifting. If matters like these cannot be discussed at a General House meeting, what is its purpose?
Because addressing such civic problems is my responsibility as a councillor, i raised the issue in the House.
She said she had been highlighting sanitation concerns on her social media accounts even before Monday’s meeting. She said she learnt about the problem after speaking to workers on the ground and subsequently raised it in the House. Gupta said.
AAP district president Jatinder Khangura defended the party’s position, saying civic and administrative concerns should be discussed internally rather than highlighted publicly. “We are the ruling party in the state and the civic body is also under the AAP. Gupta rejected the suggestion that her intervention amounted to indiscipline. “I have not spoken against the party or the government’s policies.
Such issues should not be publicly highlighted but discussed in the House,” he said. I have simply performed my basic duty as a councillor,” she said.
