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Opposition councillors mock map displaying wards: Ludhiana
The local bodies department had issued draft notification for ward delimitation on Friday and had invited objections for the same.
In a symbolic protest against ward delimitation recently notified by local bodies department, various councilors of the municipal corporation belonging to the Congress and BJP climbed ladders, used magnifying lens and binoculars to mock the map displaying wards, saying it is beyond their reach and not ‘visible’ as it is installed on the second floor.
The drama continued throughout the day when a number of councilors reached the MC office to protest. Around noon, Congress councillor Bunty Baljinder brought a ladder and climbed it to reach the second floor to see the map.
The local bodies department had issued draft notification for ward delimitation on Friday and had invited objections for the same. It had also displayed a map on the second floor showing all the wards with changes.
“I do not understand why the MC has displayed the map in such a way. Do they want to hide something from us?” he said. He was accompanied by councilor Gurpreet Gopi and Pankaj Kaka from the Congress.
Around 4 pm, a battery of councilors from various wards belonging to the BJP and party delegates reached the Zone D office with binoculars in hand.
BJP councilor Gurdeep Singh Neetu said the MC has played a joke with them by hanging the map of the wards from the second floor.
“We are searching for our ward in the map using binoculars but even then, it is not visible,” he said.
The local bodies department has invited objections to ward delimitation over the next seven days. Mocking at the way the map has been displayed, some councilors also announced a reward of ₹500 for those who are able to find their ward in the map displayed.
50 objections filed on first day
The municipal corporation received as many as 50 objections on the first day. Major alterations in internal boundaries and changes in wards representing Scheduled Caste (SC) and Backward Class (BC) categories have triggered criticism among leaders of the opposition parties.
