Resettlement of vendors: Chandigarh Congress rolls political dice
Deepak Yadav | TNN | Updated: Dec 25, 2018, 07:04 IST
CHANDIGARH: City Congress party on Monday linked the issues of resettlement of vendors with upcoming parliamentary elections giving it a political turn. The Chandigarh Congress party members said that they can help the traders who are being ignored by the BJP if their MP is elected from Chandigarh in the upcoming polls.
Chandigarh Congress president, Pardeep Chhabra, who reached Sector 19 market on Monday morning to support the traders’ protest against the earmarking of the vending zones just outside their shops, said, “With an aggressive role of Congress, we managed to bow to the government and charges of fuel started rolling. I assure you that if you will support the Congress party in parliamentary elections, scheduled in coming three to four months, and our MP is elected, we will surely not allow the vendors outside the shops and area for them will be earmarked separately.”
Blaming the BJP for agreeing to the penalty charges of Rs 10,000 on the traders for encroachment, Chhabra said, “It is BJP, which first agreed for the penalty and the same has been imposed with their leaders’ consent and later they are propagating to stop the same.”
Davinder Singh Babla, leader of opposition in the MC’s house and Congress councillor, who also attended the protest of the Sector 19 traders, said, “The issue regarding penalty of Rs 10,000 on the traders was decided in closed door room by the BJP leaders and nominated councillor Charanjeev Singh. Had the issue come to the general house, we would have strongly opposed the same.”
Charanjeev Singh, nominated municipal councillor, who represents traders in the MC, said, “This is wrong to say that penalty charges were imposed with my consent. I was not even aware about it. The matter regarding increasing the penalty on traders was neither brought in MC’s house meet nor discussed with us. The penalty was in fact was for vendors. The fine on traders is still Rs 500.”
President of Chandigarh BJP said, Sanjay Tandon said, “Congress first lit the fire and then pretend to bring fire-brigade. Earlier they wanted to take the credit of the Vendor Act when it was established, and now they are trying to shed crocodile tears standing with the shopkeepers.”
Chandigarh Congress president, Pardeep Chhabra, who reached Sector 19 market on Monday morning to support the traders’ protest against the earmarking of the vending zones just outside their shops, said, “With an aggressive role of Congress, we managed to bow to the government and charges of fuel started rolling. I assure you that if you will support the Congress party in parliamentary elections, scheduled in coming three to four months, and our MP is elected, we will surely not allow the vendors outside the shops and area for them will be earmarked separately.”
Blaming the BJP for agreeing to the penalty charges of Rs 10,000 on the traders for encroachment, Chhabra said, “It is BJP, which first agreed for the penalty and the same has been imposed with their leaders’ consent and later they are propagating to stop the same.”
Davinder Singh Babla, leader of opposition in the MC’s house and Congress councillor, who also attended the protest of the Sector 19 traders, said, “The issue regarding penalty of Rs 10,000 on the traders was decided in closed door room by the BJP leaders and nominated councillor Charanjeev Singh. Had the issue come to the general house, we would have strongly opposed the same.”
Charanjeev Singh, nominated municipal councillor, who represents traders in the MC, said, “This is wrong to say that penalty charges were imposed with my consent. I was not even aware about it. The matter regarding increasing the penalty on traders was neither brought in MC’s house meet nor discussed with us. The penalty was in fact was for vendors. The fine on traders is still Rs 500.”
President of Chandigarh BJP said, Sanjay Tandon said, “Congress first lit the fire and then pretend to bring fire-brigade. Earlier they wanted to take the credit of the Vendor Act when it was established, and now they are trying to shed crocodile tears standing with the shopkeepers.”
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