DC Paramjeet Kaur had called a meet to discuss the development of the municipal area. All the intellectuals, ward councilors, members of chambers of commerce and Shanti Samiti were directed to attend the meet. The chairman of the MC was absent. A dozen of people opposed the meet and came out of the meeting hall.
In the leadership of Om Prakash Singh, president of BJP Kisan Morcha, many boycotted the meet and complained that the officers do not fulfil their duties honestly. They complained through the phone to state chief secretary, town development secretary and chief minister. They said that MC board is a self-governed department and the administration should not interfere in its work.
At the meet many proposals were invited from the people to develop the city. DC Paramjeet Kaur told that the officers would come and go but the city would remain forever. So in the development work the cooperation of the people is essential. There should be transparency in the work. The city should be clean and ideal.
For not maintaining the quality work the engineer Vinod Kumar was rebuked and was asked by the DC for what step should be taken against him. In the meet many matters were discussed on tempo stand, removing the dumping yard of Hindalco, purchase of latest machines by MC, clean the city; get the holding tax and control of encroachment.
When Krishna Singh said that for so many years only assurances are given by the officers but not fulfilled, DC made him sit and said not to talk in aloud voice. On this behavior of DC BJP leader Om Singh and many others left the meeting hall and opposed the meet. Ward councilor Arun Verma blamed on engineer Vinod Kumar for irregularities in the work.
In the meeting AC Badri Nath Choubey, MC Vice President Subodh Rai, Congress District President Sabir Khan, BJP Kisan Morcha Head Om Prakash Singh, District Minister Raj Kumar Verma, ex district head Madan Mohan Pathak, secretary of Chambers of Commerce Ritesh Kumar, Congress leader Nishith Jaiswal, Pramod Pujari, Ajay Mittal, Braj Bihari Prasad, Sri Chand Prajapati, ward councilors and many persons were present.