Jannat uses unparliamentary words,councillors seek actionc

Recently,the House approved providing water connections to the residents. However,approval for laying sewerage lines has not been received. Jannat accused the Mayor and Commissioner of not taking up the issue with the administration. She also alleged that had she given credit of the work to local MP Pawan Kumar Bansal,no hurdles would have been raised.

Commenting on the incident,Jannat said that she was driven to make an outburst as work was not being done in her ward. “There is no question of regretting what happened. I did not abuse any person. It was an adjective or a slang that came out due to the pent-up anger. I have been striving to get work done for a year and a half. However,no work gets done here and the House is simply used by parties to settle their scores and waste time. Councillors keep using unparliamentary language against each other in the House,” she said.

There is,however,no provision in the Municipal Act for taking action against using unparliamentary language in the House unless a resolution is moved. What would prove to be a deterrent for the elected councillors to seek any action is that there are two BSP councillors in the MC House. The two votes would be crucial for the mayoral elections. The Congress has 12 councillors in the House while the BJP-SAD has 10. The votes of the BSP would prove be to crucial for both the parties.

Past Incidents

Formal resolutions condemning the behaviour of councillors have been brought to the House twice before. However,no action could be taken due to lack of any such provision in the Municipal Act.

One incident involved former nominated councillor P C Sanghi. In 2005 as many as 13 councillors demanded convening of a special meeting to discuss alleged misbehaviour by Sanghi. A meeting was held after which a resolution for dismissal of Sanghi from the House was moved and sent to the administration. Sanghi had allegedly shouted at a Superintending Engineer. However,no action was taken.

In another incident that happened in 2002,a resolution was moved against BJP councillors for alleged misbehaviour. But no action was taken.