congress councilors locked muncipal office in protest against the illegal act of Chairperson

In protest against the illegal activities of the chairperson of Sambalpur municipality, congress councilors have locked the office and chamber of the chairpersons on Tuesday. They unlocked it after 4 hours when ADM rushed to municipality office. The chairperson who remained outside the office, assured to convene a council meeting on Wednesday to take suitable decision on the allegation made by agitating councilors.

Sources said, Sambalpur Municipality has a total 29 wards out of which BJP and congress have shared 15 and 13 respectively leaving one to an independence candidate. Since the chairman post is reserved for a lady, BJP’s Reena Trivedi becomes chairperson. The congress councilors of the municipality however oppose the activities of the chairperson on various occasions alleging ‘unethical’. They have also requested the chairperson to behave properly while discharging the official obligation of the municipality. But as the situation remains unchanged, they decided to ‘locked’ the office.

‘We have requested the chairperson to ‘behave’ properly while discharging the official obligation. But the chairperson takes decision with out taking the council in to confidence. She has taken many decisions regarding financial expenditure with out placing it in the council meeting. We apprehend an ‘ulterior motive’ in it. So decided to locked the office on Tuesday’, congress councilor Susanta Purohit alleged.

“We unlocked the office on the request of the ADM after 4 hours.”, another councilor Ashok Soni told. “Chairperson Trivedi has assured us to convene a council meeting on Wednesday where decision on our allegations will be discussed.”, Soni added. The chairperson was not available for her comment.