The general council of Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC) witnessed uproarious scenes on Thursday. Both ruling party and opposition members raised the issue of demonetisation and indulged in allegations.
However, the Council in its meeting on Thursday passed all the proposals listed in the agenda.
The BMC general council chaired by its chairman Surjeet Singh Chouhan cleared the proposals on the basis of majority as the opposition Congress walked out of the meet. The proposals that were cleared include allotment of BMC owned shops in MP Nagar multi level parking and New Market multi level parking to those offering highest amount, plots in exchange to shops coming in way of Chhola Crematorium in mechanical market, financial assistance of Rs 1 lakh for treatment to BMC contractual employee Aqeel Ahmed who got injured while on duty and to allot house under housing for all scheme to Kotra resident Kailash Sahu whose son died during the excess rain.
The BMC chairman Surjeet Singh Chouhan wished Mayor Alok Sharma and other members of the BMC council whose birthdays was celebrated last days and also extended wishes for the festivals celebrated last days.
The BMC general council also endorsed the proceedings and decisions taken during the last general council meeting held on October 6, 2016.
In the end two minute silence was observed for paying tributes to the state leaders who passed away last days including two former governors Ramnaresh Yadav and Bhai Mahavir Prasad, leader of opposition in Madhya Pradesh assembly Satyadev Katare and Mumtaz Begum.
Earlier, the BMC general council meet that was scheduled to start at 10.30 am started one and a half hour late. Though the Corporators of both ruling and opposition reached in time but were seen laughing with each other while Mayor Alok Sharma and Chairman Surjeet Singh Chouhan remained busy in their rooms. But as soon as the meet started uproar started over demonetization and slogan shouting from both the ruling BJP and the opposition was done and the opposition while shouting slogans staged walkout. During this all the proposals were cleared during question hour by the ruling BJP on basis of majority. When the opposition Congress Corporators returned they again created ruckus over it but of no use.