Mayor’s husband and former councillor shaves head in protest

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Mayor’s husband and former councillor shaves head in protest

Tuesday, 15 October 2019 | PNS | Haridwar

The husband of Haridwar Mayor Anita Sharma removed his shirt and got his head shaved outside city magistrate’s office on Monday afternoon. He was accompanied by Congress supporters who raised slogans against BJP Government alleging horsetrading.

City Mayor Anita Sharma and her husband Ashok Sharma alleged that the ruling BJP was insulting people’s mandate by luring the Congress councillors for forthcoming Kumbh Mela.

Ashok Sharma alleged that the State Government had failed to curb dengue in the district. “Whenever the city Mayor asked the corporation to provide extra vehicles for fogging, they are denied under the pressure of the BJP Cabinet Minister Madan Kaushik.”

Sharma said the officials in Roorkee and Dehradun civic bodies are able to do their assigned works but in Haridwar, Cabinet Minister Kaushik is influencing the civic officials just to let the mayor down.

On the issue of horsetrading of Congress councillors, Sharma said BJP Government was misusing its powers and giving allurements to them to join the party.

Notably, now the Congres councillors’ number has been reduced to 17 while the BJP councillors are 40 and only three are Independent.

Recently, Congress councillor Vikas Kumar joined the BJP. Along with him councillor from Bilwakeshwar, Vikki Kori also joined BJP and was given a grand welcome.

Sharma also alleged that BJP representatives were slapping notices through SDM and Patwari on the houses of Congress councillor and under threat, they joined Congress. The Congress councillors alleged that the city mayor could not bring works of sanitation on track in the city so they changed the party.

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