The Indian Express 12.04.2013
New chairpersons of three MC sub-panels elected unanimously
After initial tussles, the chairpersons of the three sub-committees
of the Municipal Corporation were elected unanimously. While for two
sub-committees, nominated councillors were named as chairpersons, a
Congress councillor will be heading the third sub-committee.
Congress councillor Sat Parkash Aggarwal was elected the chairman
of the Roads Committee. Dr Shagufta Parveen will be the chairperson of
the Water Supply and Sewerage Disposal Committee while Babu Lal will be
the chairman of House Tax Assessment Committee.
The run-up to the elections witnessed tussles in the MC over the
post of chairperson for the Water Supply and Sewerage Disposal
Committee. Nominated councillor Surinder Bahga filed his nomination
against councillor Dr Shagufta Parveen. However on Wednesday, Bahga
withdrew his nomination following which Dr Parveen was unanimously
elected. She was the chosen candidate of the Congress and nominated
councillors.
Congress councillor Sat Prakash Aggarwal, who was in the race to
be named the mayoral candidate by the party but was overlooked, was made
chairman of the Roads Committee. Aggarwal had reportedly been miffed at
not having been considered to be made member of Finance and Contract
Committee as well.
With the elected representatives generally wary of being
chairperson of the House Tax Committee, a nominated councillor was put
at the helm. It was the nominated councillors who had proposed the
agenda for imposition of the house tax.
The notification for another nine committees by the UT Administration is awaited.
