INDORE: The BJP-ruled council of Indore Municipal Corporation
(IMC) passed 17 proposals at a meeting on water, drainage, storm water
line, gardens, education and construction of bridges and culverts etc in
five minutes flat on Thursday amid pandemonium in the meeting over
demand for discussions on proposals.

The session of council lasted only for 40 minutes out of which around 20 minutes were devoted to paying tributes to Rajesh Khanna, Dara Singh and Prabhakar Joshi while only five minutes were devoted to pass the important proposals.

After paying the tribute, the meeting was adjourned for five minutes
and then began with a demand for question hour from the opposition
bench, which was denied by the chairman citing rules.

“Suspended House
cannot have a question hour session,” chairman of the House Rajendra
Rathod said, assuring that from next time he will kept separate time for
the question hour. Chairman had suspended the House for five minutes
after paying the tribute. “The demand made by the opposition was not in
accordance with the rule of the house,” Rathod said.

The
argument failed to satisfy opposition and they created ruckus and
surrounded the chairman. Subsequently, the chairman passed 17 proposals
listed in the work list with majority without any discussion in just
five minutes.

On the other hand, leader of opposition Abhay
Verma blames that it was a ploy by the ruling party to avoid discussion.
“Firstly, chairman suspended the house without any reason and then they
argued that discussion cannot held in the suspended house as per the
rule,” said Verma adding that there were proposals like water and
cancellation of contract of a private company.

Mayor
Krishnamurari Moghe said opposition does not have any argument and they
do not want to enter into any discussion. They created pandemonium in
the house, she said.