Women councillors confront each other over differences

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Women councillors confront each other over differences

Friday, 10 January 2020 | PNS | Dehradun

An altercation between two lady councillors from the Congress party at the Municipal Corporation of Dehradun (MCD) turned violent on Thursday.

Councillor Sumitra Dhyani allegedly slapped her counterpart Komal Bohra when she was reportedly trying to offer her a seat beside her at the MCD. Talking to this correspondent, the Ballupur councillor Komal Bohra said, “Yesterday there was a Congress meeting to choose the members for the MCD executive committee and my name was ahead of Sumitra Dhyani. She raised an objection as she wanted her name first. So I suggested making chits of our names that included Suman Nagar councillor Sangeeta Gupta and pick one out of them to send a name for the committee.

Now the name we picked came to be Sangeeta Gupta’s which made Sumitra Dhyani angry at me as I didn’t support her.” She alleged, “As soon as she entered the MCD premises on Thursday, she seemed to be upset with me. I politely offered her the seat but she slapped me in front of everyone in the room.”

Adding further she said, “If the party would not take any action against her, I will make sure she pays for the humiliation she caused me today for no reason.” Meanwhile, Sumitra Dhyani said that there was just a mild argument regarding the seat but denied claims of any violence.

The situation was resolved, she added. Earlier, as the altercation between the two lady councillors escalated the other councillors and the mayor intervened to placate them and prevent the situation from escalating further.  

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