BJP councilors of AMC sit on dharna against ‘Adhikari Raj’

Ahmedabad: Complains from elected representatives regarding lack of cooperation from officers are also increasing.

In latest, BJP councilors of Amdavad Municipal Corporation (AMC) once again complained that there was no response from officials regarding their complains pertaining to issues such as cleanliness, roads, estate department, stray cattle etc. The councilors of ruling party Jatin Patel, Manoj Patel and Bhavna Patel, all elected from Ghatlodia ward sat on dharna at New West Zone office in Bodakdev in the chamber of Deputy Commissioner.

According to Jatin Patel, the issues represented for thrice in ward committee meetings were not addressed, following which a meeting was held with Deputy Commissioner CR Kharsan, however Kharsan didn’t gave satisfactory reply and started verbal attack against councilors. According to Patel, Kharsad told councilors that if 25 per cent AMC staffers don’t work, should he himself go on roads for cleaning? Patel said, Deputy Commissioner Arjav Shah also doen’t work. The BJP cadres from Ghatlodia ward also reached New West Zone office and started shouting slogans against the officials.

Later MLA Bhupendra Patel, Standing Committee Chairman Hitesh Barot and City BJP guardian Dharmendra Shah reached the office and held a closed door meeting between the officials and councilors. BJP leader Dharmendra Shah informed that compromise was arrived at and now onward the Deputy Commissioner will take a round once in 15 days and complete the work in coordinated manner. The BJP leaders once again admitted that lack of coordination among officials adversely affect the works.

MLA Bhupendra Patel said that there will be no lack of coordination in future because the officials will go to the field and work in coordination with councilors. The officials will require to directly hear the complains of councilors. DeshGujarat