Heritage panel member demands chief Sukhtankar’s resignation

Explaining the sequence of events on August 2, Bajaj says: “As the skeletons started rolling out of the cupboard, Sukhtankar asked me to keep quiet. When I told him I had a right to ask questions about proposals put up for clearance, he asked an unidentified man sitting behind him to physically lift me and throw me out. Such behaviour in a committee meeting is unacceptable.”

Further, discussing the proposals that are cleared by the committe, Bajaj alleged they were given clearances arbitrarily.

Bajaj’s demand is a sort of culmination of the ongoing public war between Sukhtankar and her. The spat first came under the public glare when the Gateway of India controversy broke out. Bajaj was the only committee member who objected to the Baccarat proposal for hanging a chandelier inside the dome of the Gateway of India.