Bhopal Municipal Commissioner Tejaswi S Naik may face the tune after four legislators of Bhopal got united against him and raised the issue of his being absent in a meting by inviting them, in the State Assembly on Friday.
Speaker Sitasaran Sharma has allowed the legislators- BJP members Vishwas Sarang, Rameshwar Sharma, Vishnu Khatri and Congress member Arif Aqeel to write officials on the issue and it would be considered to put forth before ‘Members’ facility committee’ and ‘Privilege committee of the House’.
Notably, the BMC Commissioner had on Thursday convened a meeting in connection with the Smart City. The legislators had reached in time, but the Commissioner got delayed at the venue. In the meantime, the legislators pulled the Mayor over the issue and when the Commissioner arrived, they left the place saying that they would raise the issue in the Assembly.
As soon as the Question Hour ended, BJP legislator Vishwas Sarang was seen managing the floor and during zero hour, Arif Aqeel raised the issue in short. later, Sarang, Sharma and Khatri spoke in the detail about the issue.
Congress member Mukesh Naik alleged that Govt officials do not answer to telephone calls of people's representatives when the assembly session is underway. He demanded that the matters related to such Government officials be referred to the Privileges Committee.
BJP members Rameshwar Sharma and Vishnu Khatri also demanded stringent action against the government officials by the House. Speaker Sitasharan Sharma assured the members that the members could provide their grievances under rules and their matter would be referred to the committee concerned. later, while talking to ‘The Pioneer’ Sarang told that the members have submitted the official complaints with the Assembly secretariat for considering the matter in both the committees.