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BJP-Shiv Sena Alliance Faces BMC Friction After Repeated Walkouts
The BJP and Shiv Sena are partners running Mumbai’s civic body, but they are disagreeing on important issues.
BJP members left a committee meeting after their objection to a land proposal was rejected.
The proposal involved changing the reservation status of a plot in Majas.
Shiv Sena members later left another committee meeting over complaints about a slum rehabilitation scheme.
Amey Ghole said some residents were allegedly being asked for large payments to have their names included in official records.
The committee chairman ordered an inquiry into those allegations.
Ghole said Shiv Sena would avoid future meetings until action was taken.
A Shiv Sena (UBT) member said the BJP’s walkout was mainly for show because the proposal could still be stopped later.
BJP corporators walked out of the Improvements Committee after their objection to a land-use proposal was overruled.
The proposal concerned a 1,802.75-square-metre MHADA plot in Majas, Jogeshwari East.
Shiv Sena members later walked out of the Standing Committee over alleged inaction on an SRA amnesty scheme.
Amey Ghole alleged that some slum residents were being asked to pay Rs 5 lakh to Rs 10 lakh for inclusion in Annexure-II.
Shiv Sena (UBT) corporator Sachin Padwal dismissed the BJP walkout as theatrics and said the proposal could still be challenged in the civic House.
- Who
- Bharatiya Janata Party and Shiv Sena corporators in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, along with Shiv Sena (UBT) critic Sachin Padwal.
- What
- Back-to-back committee walkouts exposed disagreements over a land-use proposal and an alleged slum rehabilitation payment issue.
- Where
- The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation in Mumbai, including its Improvements Committee and Standing Committee.
- When
- The article does not specify the date; it says the incidents occurred in back-to-back committee meetings.
- Why
- BJP members objected to a land proposal being passed, while Shiv Sena members alleged that the administration ignored concerns about the SRA amnesty scheme.
Party Critics
Ruling Camp and Administration
Committee walkouts
Party Critics
BJP and Shiv Sena members said their concerns were ignored, prompting them to leave committee meetings.
Ruling Camp and Administration
Sachin Padwal alleged that the BJP’s walkout was theatrical because the proposal could still be challenged in the civic House.
SRA amnesty allegations
Party Critics
Amey Ghole alleged that officials were demanding Rs 5 lakh to Rs 10 lakh from some slum residents and said the administration had failed to act.
Ruling Camp and Administration
The administration was directed to inquire into the allegations, but the article does not provide a substantive administrative response.
Key facts
- Land involved
- A 1,802.75-square-metre MHADA plot in Majas, Jogeshwari East.
- BJP objection
- The BJP wanted the proposal to be declared not taken up.
- Proposed land change
- The BMC proposed scrapping the RR 2.1 reservation and incorporating the land into an adjoining residential zone.
- Alleged payments
- Amey Ghole alleged that residents were being asked to pay Rs 5 lakh to Rs 10 lakh for inclusion in Annexure-II.
- Administrative response
- Standing Committee chairman Prabhakar Shinde directed the administration to investigate the allegations and take immediate action.
- Shiv Sena warning
- Ghole said Shiv Sena would stay away from Standing Committee meetings until action was taken.
Quotes
Sachin Padwal
Shiv Sena (UBT) corporator and committee member
“If they genuinely did not want the proposal passed, they should have torn it up and walked out. They still have an opportunity to stall it in the civic House, but they won’t. They resort to such theatrics only in official meetings.”
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“We would rather walk out of power than remain in the ruling camp and watch helplessly while people’s work is not being done.”
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