Municipal corporations with BJP at the helm have vowed to remove hoardings referring to Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit that have been installed at various places across the city in its month-long sanitation drive. Hoardings of the chief minister have been put up in front of the Delhi Vidhan Sabha, Delhi Secretariat, Civic Centre, the zonal offices of the three municipal corporations, and all important places in the city, particularly in and around unauthorised colonies.
The hoardings, with images of Dikshit and other senior Congress leaders, including Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi, were put up by Congress workers across the city, particularly in and around the unauthorised colonies, to congratulate the chief minister for her recent decision to notify the regularisation of 895 of the unauthorised colonies in Delhi.
Congress and BJP leaders have, in past house meetings of the Delhi Vidhan Sabha with the three corporations, faced each other on the subject of removing these hoardings. But in spite of the chief ministers reassurances of having them removed, they have stayed put.
The issue of the hoardings had also led to a scuffle between senior Congress and BJP counsillors in a north Delhi house meeting on 3 September. Leader of opposition in the Delhi Assembly, V K Malhotra, had raised the issue during the monsoon session of the Delhi Vidhan Sabha on 5 September.
Delhi Assembly speaker Yoganand Shastri had at the time expressed his concern about the hoardings and observed that putting up of posters and hoardings in Assembly premises was 'not correct'.
'These hoardings are illegal and will be removed during the sanitation drive which is to start from Tuesday. All illegal hoardings except those pertaining to Ram Lila and Durga Puja will be removed by officers of the corporation. Senior officers of the corporations including commissioner, deputy commissioner, mayor, deputy mayor and chairman will directly supervise the drive and guilty officers [those not successful in removing the hoardings] will be penalised,' said Yogender Chandolia, chairman of the standing committee of North Delhi Municipal Corporation [NDMC].
The announcement of the regularisation of unauthorised colonies has been a bone of contention between both parties since the beginning and have caused disturbance at several meetings of the standing committee and house of the three corporations where BJP is in power and in Delhi Assembly where it is the principal opposition party.
The Congress on the other hand is the main opposition in the three corporations.
In an NMDC meeting on 3 September on the issue of regularisation of unauthorised colonies councillors of both parties had engaged in a scuffle and even FIRs were lodged against Congress councillors in the Kamla Nagar police station. The mayor had also written to the Lieutenant General of Delhi and directed the commissioner for proper arrangement of security for smooth functioning of the House. Even senior councillors of both parties including leader of house Mukesh Goel and Chandolia were engaged in the scuffle.
SDMC and EDMC have also announced the decision to remove the illegal hoardings. Rajesh Gehlot, chairman, standing commitee, SDMC, reiterated, ‘These hoardings are illegal and must be removed.’ The three civic bodies, NDMC, SDMC and EDMC, have also announced monetary rewards and certificates for officers to encourage them to perform their duty well.
The hoardings, with images of Dikshit and other senior Congress leaders, including Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi, were put up by Congress workers across the city, particularly in and around the unauthorised colonies, to congratulate the chief minister for her recent decision to notify the regularisation of 895 of the unauthorised colonies in Delhi.
Congress and BJP leaders have, in past house meetings of the Delhi Vidhan Sabha with the three corporations, faced each other on the subject of removing these hoardings. But in spite of the chief ministers reassurances of having them removed, they have stayed put.
The issue of the hoardings had also led to a scuffle between senior Congress and BJP counsillors in a north Delhi house meeting on 3 September. Leader of opposition in the Delhi Assembly, V K Malhotra, had raised the issue during the monsoon session of the Delhi Vidhan Sabha on 5 September.
Delhi Assembly speaker Yoganand Shastri had at the time expressed his concern about the hoardings and observed that putting up of posters and hoardings in Assembly premises was 'not correct'.
'These hoardings are illegal and will be removed during the sanitation drive which is to start from Tuesday. All illegal hoardings except those pertaining to Ram Lila and Durga Puja will be removed by officers of the corporation. Senior officers of the corporations including commissioner, deputy commissioner, mayor, deputy mayor and chairman will directly supervise the drive and guilty officers [those not successful in removing the hoardings] will be penalised,' said Yogender Chandolia, chairman of the standing committee of North Delhi Municipal Corporation [NDMC].
The announcement of the regularisation of unauthorised colonies has been a bone of contention between both parties since the beginning and have caused disturbance at several meetings of the standing committee and house of the three corporations where BJP is in power and in Delhi Assembly where it is the principal opposition party.
The Congress on the other hand is the main opposition in the three corporations.
In an NMDC meeting on 3 September on the issue of regularisation of unauthorised colonies councillors of both parties had engaged in a scuffle and even FIRs were lodged against Congress councillors in the Kamla Nagar police station. The mayor had also written to the Lieutenant General of Delhi and directed the commissioner for proper arrangement of security for smooth functioning of the House. Even senior councillors of both parties including leader of house Mukesh Goel and Chandolia were engaged in the scuffle.
SDMC and EDMC have also announced the decision to remove the illegal hoardings. Rajesh Gehlot, chairman, standing commitee, SDMC, reiterated, ‘These hoardings are illegal and must be removed.’ The three civic bodies, NDMC, SDMC and EDMC, have also announced monetary rewards and certificates for officers to encourage them to perform their duty well.