Kota News: There is a mayor in Kota who no one can understand whether he belongs to BJP or Congress. In such a situation, the administration and Congress are not able to understand what to do. The administration has also sought guidance from higher officials for this. When the mayor was asked which party he belongs to, he said that he belongs to BJP, but the board is of Congress. In such a situation, how can he remain the mayor? For this, now the Congress has also opened a front against Kota South Mayor Rajiv Agarwal.
Demand for resignation of Mayor Rajiv Aggarwal arose
In the meeting of Congress councillors held in the District Congress office under the chairmanship of city District Congress Committee President Ravindra Tyagi, a resolution was passed unanimously demanding the resignation of Mayor Rajiv Agarwal from the post of Mayor after he joined the BJP party in the Lok Sabha elections.
City District Congress Committee President Ravindra Tyagi said that the elections of Municipal Corporation Kota South were held in November 2020, then Rajiv Agarwal was elected mayor by the Congress councilors, but in the Lok Sabha elections 2024, Mayor Rajiv Agarwal left the Congress party and joined the BJP, so in principle he should resign from his post, which he has not done till date, while it has been almost three months since he joined the BJP.
The mayor is from BJP and the leader of the opposition is also from BJP
This case of Kota is probably the first case in the country where the ruling party and the opposition are together. A very strange situation has arisen here where the mayor is from the BJP and the leader of the opposition is also from the BJP. As per the rules, since the BJP did not have the majority, they turned the mayor to their side. Now the Congress is struggling that they should have their mayor here, how to remove him.
Now brainstorming has intensified on how to appoint a new mayor from Congress. Lok Sabha Elections Due to the equation formed after the meeting, Congress has now opened a front on this issue. Tyagi said that it is against the rules to have the Mayor and the Leader of Opposition from the same party in the Municipal Corporation. The Rajasthan government should pay attention to this serious issue. Otherwise, Congress will protest in the Municipal Corporation along with the councilors.