Decision to supersede Porbandar civic body reversed

Ahmedabad, 16 July 2013

The Urban Development Ministry, Government of Gujarat today filed an affidavit stating reversal of its decision of superseding the elected body of Porbandar Municipality. The Urban Development department of state government had superseded the elected body after the Municipality failed to pass annual budget consequently for three times. The root of the problem was election verdict in which both BJP and Congress got equal number of seats. Congress somehow managed to show wafer thin majority, but couldn’t pass budget continuously for three times. The Urban Development department of state government then stepped in and superseded the elected body. Even mid-term elections to elect a new body were announced last month. However local unit of Congress challenged the decision to supersede the body. It would be interesting to see, what happens next.