Jaipur Greater Mayor, three councillors suspended

They face charges of manhandling the local body's Commissioner during a discussion on payment of dues to a garbage collecting firm which was on strike.

The Congress government in Rajasthan has suspended Jaipur Greater Municipal Corporation’s Mayor Somya Gurjar and three municipal councillors on charges of manhandling the local body’s Commissioner during a discussion on payment of dues to a garbage collecting firm which was on strike. Ms. Gurjar and two of the suspended councillors were elected on the BJP's ticket in the local body poll held in November last year. The State government has also decided to conduct a judicial inquiry into the matter involving the alleged attack on Municipal Corporation's Commissioner Yagya Mitra Singhdeo. The Local Self-Government Department issued the orders for suspension late on Sunday night. Department's Special Secretary Deepak Nandi said since the continuance of the Mayor and the three councillors in office could influence the judicial inquiry, they had been suspended with immediate effect.