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Eknath Shinde tells corporators: 'You're not owner of your ward'
In a big state in India, there are people who help run cities and towns.
These people are called corporators.
Recently, some new corporators won elections and got important jobs.
But one corporator got arrested for hurting three doctors.
This made the state's Deputy Chief Minister very concerned.
He held a special training class for the corporators.
He told them they are servants of the city, not owners.
He said voters will remove leaders who act like they own the place.
He also told them to learn from their meetings at the city council.
This was his way of reminding them to be humble and helpful.
Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde addressed newly elected Shiv Sena corporators at a training programme in Uttan, Bhayandar.
Shinde told them they were 'servants of the city, not owners' of their wards.
His remarks came weeks after Shiv Sena corporator Ramesh Mhatre was arrested for allegedly assaulting three municipal doctors in Dombivli.
Shinde cautioned against post-election complacency, saying voters 'show the door' to corporators who behave like owners.
He urged corporators to treat proceedings inside the civic House as an opportunity to learn.
- Who
- Eknath Shinde, Deputy Chief Minister, addressing newly elected Shiv Sena corporators from the Kalyan Dombivli Municipal Corporation and the Ambernath and Badlapur municipal councils
- What
- Shinde told corporators they are 'servants of the city, not owners' and cautioned them against complacency after winning elections
- Where
- Rambhau Mhalgi Prabodhini, Uttan, Bhayandar
- When
- Tuesday, weeks after Shiv Sena corporator Ramesh Mhatre was arrested over the doctors' assault row
- Why
- To deliver a message on discipline, public conduct and humility following the arrest of a corporator for allegedly assaulting three municipal doctors
Key facts
- Speaker
- Eknath Shinde, Deputy Chief Minister
- Key message
- Corporators are 'servants of the city, not owners'
- Audience
- Newly elected Shiv Sena corporators from KDMC, Ambernath and Badlapur municipal councils
- Venue
- Rambhau Mhalgi Prabodhini, Uttan, Bhayandar
- Context
- Arrest of corporator Ramesh Mhatre over alleged assault of three municipal doctors in Dombivli
- Advice
- Treat civic House proceedings as an opportunity to learn
Quotes
Eknath Shinde
Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra
““Some corporators think that once they are elected, the 7/12 extract of the ward is in their name. It doesn’t work that way. Those who behave like that are shown the door by voters.””
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