Govt suspends M S Jaggi

Kamleshpal gave an affidavit saying,“The woman who had an argument with me was not the municipal corporation commissioner’s wife but someone else.” He surprised many when he expressed ignorance about his statements about the MC commissioner’s wife.

Meanwhile,the Ludhiana Municipal Corporation was closed today as employees from all the cadres went on strike supporting the Commissioner. They stated that the government’s action was not justified at all. Meanwhile,Jaggi appealed to the employees to go back to work,saying that they should not make the public suffer because of the incident.

In a press statement,Jaggi said,“The Chief Minister is already conducting a high-level probe into this matter. So the employees should go back to work. They should not get emotional.”

However,the Municipal Corporation Employees Union stated that the staff would not get back to work “till the Government does justice” to the MC commissioner. People from various parts of the city had to go back today after they found that offices in all the zones were closed.

Congress backs Commissioner

Congress councillors and MLAs Surinder Dawar and Rakesh Pandey supported the Municipal Corporation commissioner. They pointed out that he had conducted an exercise to remove encroachments and such action by the Chief Minister is not justified.

The MC Contractors Association too condemned the decision and demanded that Jaggi’s suspension order should be cancelled.