The municipal corporation House will meet on Monday after a four-month gap to elect two councillors to the Finance and Contracts Committee (F&CC), following the Punjab and Haryana high court’s decision to quash the nominations to the two vacant seats by mayor Inderjit Kaur.
The Aam Aadmi Party had not announced its candidate till the time of filing this report. The F&CC comprises the mayor, senior deputy mayor, deputy mayor, municipal commissioner and two elected councillors. The two councillor seats have remained vacant after Congress councillor from Ward 26 Gaurav Bhatti challenged the mayor’s nomination of the sons of two sitting legislators to the committee in the Punjab and Haryana high court. The Congress has fielded Bhatti, while the BJP has nominated Ruchi Gulati, councillor from Ward 73.
“No ruling-party MLA or other influential political person associated with the ruling party should be allowed to remain in the voting area.
Such a step is necessary to ensure that councillors are able to vote without any influence,” Bhatti said. Bhatti on Monday wrote to municipal commissioner Ojasvi Alankar, seeking safeguards against political influence during the voting.
