Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, August 21

Calling it “arrogant missive” from MC Commissioner KK Yadav, former Congress Union Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal today criticised the BJP Mayor for having submitted “meekly” to the officer’s remarks, “lowering own and the MC’s dignity.”

Bansal was reacting to the Chandigarh Tribune report highlighting that Yadav had asked the Mayor not to issue direct references to officers.

The former MP said: “Never before had an MC Commissioner bluntly asked the Mayor to not issue any direction to officers and the Mayor, in turn, had pusillanimously clarified his position, meekly saying that there was no intention to disrespect or jump hierarchy. Still worse, the Mayor passed the buck to XENs, submitting that it was a misunderstanding and that in future, the officials concerned would send the note to the Commissioner. This is tantamount to the betrayal of trust and confidence that the people of the city had placed in the BJP in 2016.”

While, Chandigarh BJP president Arun Sood, said: “On side hand, Mayor gave him farewell yesterday and the Commissioner had written such a note against him earlier. It shows ego on part of the Commissioner. He has gone out of protocol. He had also always tried to dictate during the House meetings, wherein the Mayor is the chairperson.”

The Tribune report surprised all MC councillors and the Mayor. “The matter was also raised with senior UT Administration officers,” said an official.

Yadav has already made it clear that the matter was only about one incident (an inaugural event) and he even had a word with the Mayor and the issue had ended.