The issue of formation of a new zone in Bhopal Municipal Corporation has reached the High Court. Leader of Opposition Shabista Zaki filed a petition in the court. After this, the court has sought a reply in four weeks. The Leader of Opposition said that there was a violation of the rules in the formation of the zone.
This was done in order to prevent the Congress from occupying the zone. The first meeting of the Corporation Council was held on 6 September. Amidst the hustle and bustle, a proposal to reorganise the zone was passed. In the proposal, the number of zones was increased from 19 to 21.
Elections were also held on 7 September. Of these, BJP councilors were elected zone presidents in 20 zones, while Congress councilors became zone presidents on one.
The issue of this zone has now come into the limelight again. A petition was filed in the High Court on behalf of Leader of Opposition Zaki. After which a reply has been sought from the responsibilities within four weeks.
Leader of Opposition Zaki said that Congress had objections to the reorganisation of the zone. The issue was raised in the council meeting. Nevertheless the motion was passed. There was a clear violation of Rule 48A in the reorganisation.
According to the rule, the population of the zone should be the same. Wards should be adjacent to each other and the number of wards should be same.
Despite this, nothing like this happened in this case. If the population of a zone is 65 thousand, then in some it is one lakh 35 thousand. Different wards were included in the zone.
However, the number of wards is also not the same. Like this, there are 3 wards in some, 6 wards were included in some. Hence the petition was filed in the High Court. After which a reply has been sought in four weeks.