The Telugu Desam Party and Bharatiya Janata Party condemned GHMC Mayor Mohammad Majid Hussain for adjourning the GHMC’s council meeting after passing the condolence motion on Sarojini Pulla Reddy.
The TDP and BJP corporators staged dharna before the Mayor’s chambers and shouted slogans against him. Talking to reporters, TDP floor leader Singireddy Srinivas Reddy alleged that the Mayor was deliberately avoiding discussions on the civic problems being faced by the people.
Singireddy said that there were several precedents when the GHMC took up regular business after passing the condolence motions. Citing a few instances he said that the GHMC council conducted regular business after passing condolences motion on leaders including Jyoti Basu, YS Rajasekhara Reddy and Salahauddin Owaisi.
The TDP leader also condemned the Mayor for not allowing women corporators to speak on the condolence motion on Sarojini Pulla Reddy. He said even former Mayor Banda Karthika Chandra Reddy was not allowed to speak on it.
Meanwhile, BJP corporators condemned the Mayor for not taking up condolence motion on the demise of Telangana protagonist Konda Lakshman Bapuji. (INN)