‘Political greed of mayor and MLA has ruined Mohali’: SAD district chief slams Kulwant Singh & Mayor Sidhu

With the Municipal Corporation elections just months away, Sohana accused Mayor Sidhu of suddenly pretending to care about civic problems that he ignored for over four years. “After four and a half years of corruption that financially ruined Mohali MC, the mayor now wants to act like a savior,” said Sohana, warning that residents will not fall for such tactics again.

He questioned the Mayor’s recent demand of Rs 600 crore from the government, asking, “Where is the estimate for this? Where is it supposed to be spent? When was this discussed in any MC meeting?”

Turning his criticism toward MLA Kulwant Singh, Sohana said the legislator has ignored the city’s core issues. “For the past one year and a half, garbage management has failed completely. People are falling sick, but the MLA is only busy with politics,” he stated.

He also criticised Kulwant Singh’s claim of using Samgoli village as a garbage dump. “Will people not be living there? Is it right to dump our city’s waste into someone else’s backyard?” asked Sohana.

On the issue of rainwater flooding, Sohana said both the Mayor and MLA were equally responsible. “Every year, citizens suffer massive losses, but these two only play blame games while people become victims of their political rivalry.”

He emphasised that the Shiromani Akali Dal government had earlier invested Rs 2,500 crore in developing Mohali’s infrastructure, yet “not even one-fifth of that has been brought in by the current Mayor and MLA, and whatever came wasn’t spent properly”.

Demanding accountability, Sohana said, “Instead of troubling Mohali residents with their political enmity, these two leaders should either work sincerely for the betterment of the city or step down from their positions, owning up to their moral responsibility.”