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AAP councillor Payal Sakariya has said much deserving candidates person been waiting
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Nearly a week aft the Standing Committee of the Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) approved the connection to springiness a clerical occupation to the lad of BJP corporator Gemar Desai, who had died successful May, the determination has faced absorption from an Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) councillor.
On October 17, Standing Committee Chairman Rajan Patel approved the connection to springiness a occupation arsenic a clerk successful the Secretariat Department of SMC to Viral, Gemar Desai’s son. The substance is acceptable to beryllium taken up successful the upcoming General Body meeting.
However, AAP councillor Payal Sakariya opposed the assignment and termed it “illegal” arsenic per The Gujarat Provincial Municipal Corporations Act. She besides indicated the anticipation of challenging the determination successful the court. Sakariya has handed a memorandum to Mayor Daxesh Mavani and Municipal Commissioner Shalini Agarwal, demanding the cancellation of the appointment.
“There is nary proviso of specified assignment successful the GPMC Act 1949.The determination taken is illegal. (The) Municipal Commissioner oregon the Standing Committee Chairman has nary powerfulness to springiness specified an assignment for a occupation arsenic their powers are constricted to the improvement of municipality areas. Keeping this successful mind, specified a connection should beryllium canceled,” the memorandum read.
“Late BJP corporator Gemar Desai was not an SMC worker but an elected leader. He was getting “Maanad Vetan” (honorary salary) from SMC. His root of income should not beryllium treated arsenic an honorary salary. It is not to beryllium believed that the precocious Gemarbhai Desai has nary different root of income,” it added.
Sakariya, successful her memorandum, further alleged, “As per the predetermination affidavit of 2021 submitted by Gemarbhai Desai with SMC, helium has 2 cultivation lands and a non-agricultural crippled successful Siddhpur taluka, of Patan district. He besides has 2 commercialized properties astatine Vastral and Ramol areas successful Ahmedabad, a residential spot successful Patan and different residential spot successful Surat astatine Dumbhal. Viral Desai has falsely claimed that helium does not person immoderate different root of income. The full spot marketplace worth is successful crores.”
Speaking with The Indian Express, she said, “If specified a occupation is fixed to the lad of a corporator, past it would look similar an injustice to respective different susceptible candidates. Some SMC employees died connected work and their children are inactive struggling to get jobs. We volition get the database of candidates successful the coming days. Our question is that wherefore springiness peculiar attraction is fixed to lad of Gemar Desai? If the connection is not cancelled, we volition sound the doors of tribunal and question justice.”
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