Shimla, May 27
Ending the week-long speculation, Madhu Sood finally resigned today from the prestigious post of Mayor of the Shimla Municipal Corporation, though a final decision on her fate rests with HPCC chief Kaul Singh Thakur who will take the final decision after consulting councillors.
There is complete uncertainty whether Sood will be able to survive the storm that has risen due to the U-turn she took on her earlier allegations levelled against the Bemloe Builders housing project in Kanlog, which has been in the eye of a storm.
“I handed over my resignation to the HPCC chief in Chandigarh today and now it is for him to take a final decision though I have clarified that I did not defy or embarrass the party in any way,” she said. She also said she had taken the U-turn as she was under tremendous pressure to do so and would reveal the names of the persons at an appropriate time.
The HPCC chief had earlier said since Sood had become the Mayor with the support of the Congress councillors, it was the party which would take a decision on her resignation. He said a show-cause notice would be issued to her to explain her position.
The Congress has been opposing the housing project in Kanlog and demanded a CBI probe into it, alleging serious violations. The matter has been raised in the assembly and now the CPM has also joined the issue and forced the government to constitute a committee who will submit the report to the government.
The MC has a total of 15 Congress councillors in a House of 25 where the post of Mayor is reserved for woman. The BJP has eight councillors while two wards are with the CPM. The Congress had, however, expelled two of its councillors, Deputy Mayor Harish Janartha and Seema Sood, who had contested against Sood in the run-up to the election of the Mayor and Deputy Mayor.
Ending the week-long speculation, Madhu Sood finally resigned today from the prestigious post of Mayor of the Shimla Municipal Corporation, though a final decision on her fate rests with HPCC chief Kaul Singh Thakur who will take the final decision after consulting councillors.
There is complete uncertainty whether Sood will be able to survive the storm that has risen due to the U-turn she took on her earlier allegations levelled against the Bemloe Builders housing project in Kanlog, which has been in the eye of a storm.
“I handed over my resignation to the HPCC chief in Chandigarh today and now it is for him to take a final decision though I have clarified that I did not defy or embarrass the party in any way,” she said. She also said she had taken the U-turn as she was under tremendous pressure to do so and would reveal the names of the persons at an appropriate time.
The HPCC chief had earlier said since Sood had become the Mayor with the support of the Congress councillors, it was the party which would take a decision on her resignation. He said a show-cause notice would be issued to her to explain her position.
The Congress has been opposing the housing project in Kanlog and demanded a CBI probe into it, alleging serious violations. The matter has been raised in the assembly and now the CPM has also joined the issue and forced the government to constitute a committee who will submit the report to the government.
The MC has a total of 15 Congress councillors in a House of 25 where the post of Mayor is reserved for woman. The BJP has eight councillors while two wards are with the CPM. The Congress had, however, expelled two of its councillors, Deputy Mayor Harish Janartha and Seema Sood, who had contested against Sood in the run-up to the election of the Mayor and Deputy Mayor.
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