SANGUEM
In a further setback to the BJP-backed 10 councillors who have made efforts to oust the new elected Curchorem-Cacora Municipal Council (CCMC) chairperson barely an hour after he was elected on April 1, the director of urban development has said their no-confidence motion cannot be considered at this stage.
Afetr the Director of Urban Development Gurudas Pilarnekar refused to consider the motion of the BJP councillors, Balkirishna Hodarkar took charge of the council
on Monday.
Replying to the 10 councillors, the Director of Urban Development Gurudas Pilarnekar said, “It is to inform you that the proceedings of the special meeting to elect the chairperson and vice-chairperson are not yet received in this office. Therefore, the no-confidence motion moved by you cannot be considered at this stage.”
It may be recalled that the BJP was left red-faced at the CCMC last Thursday, when the BJP-backed candidate Vishwas Pandu Sawant lost to Hodarkar in a secret ballot by 8-7 votes even though the party had 10 of the 15 councillors in its panel, indicating that three candidates in the BJP panel had voted for Hodarkar.
Power Minister and Curchorem MLA Nilesh Cabral was quick to slam some councillors of Curchorem-Cacora Municipal Council (CCMC) for their lack of ethics and principles, after Hodarkar was elected CCMC chairperson, but downplayed the incident and said it was not a setback to him and that, he would continue his work in Curchorem as he did not depend on the CCMC.
