The Congress government in Rajasthan has suspended Jaipur Greater Municipal Corporation’s Mayor Somya Gurjar and three municipal councillors on charges of manhandling the local body’s Commissioner during a discussion on payment of dues to a garbage collecting firm which was on strike. Ms. Gurjar and two of the suspended councillors were elected on the BJP's ticket in the local body poll held in November last year. Department's Special Secretary Deepak Nandi said since the continuance of the Mayor and the three councillors in office could influence the judicial inquiry, they had been suspended with immediate effect. The three suspended councillors were Paras Jain and Ajay Singh Chauhan (both from the BJP) and Shankar Sharma (independent). BJP State president Satish Poonia said the suspension of elected Mayor and councillors would lead to the fall of the Congress in the State.

Source: The Hindu June 07, 2021 06:23 UTC