Congman backed for chairman's post

Statesman News Service

MALDA, May 30: After a meeting today, 14 Opposition councillors of the English Bazaar Municipality decided to project the Congress councillor, Mr Narendranath Tiwari, for the chairman’s post. Challenging the authority of the English Bazaar Congress MLA, Mr KN Choudhury, who was close to Mrs Rubi Noor, the district Congress president, Mr Tiwari’s name was proposed for the post. Though Mr Choudhury is now a Congress MLA, he was trying to project Mrs Sandhya Das, a Trinamul councillor, for the chairman’s post. This is the reason that the decision was delayed for so long. It was learnt that a majority of councillors, including some from the Trinamul Congress, was against the projection of Mrs Das for the chairman’s post. Now that Mr Tiwari’s name has been finalised, the Opposition has decided to convene a meeting for electing the chairman on Saturday following directives from the administration based on the court’s order. Mr Nihar Ranjan Ghosh was removed from the English Bazaar Municipality chairman’s post after a no-confidence resolution at a meeting in which the result went against him.Presently, Mr Ghosh is running the board as a caretaker, as per the SDO’s instructions. The chairman and vice-chairman of the board failed to convene the meeting for the chairman’s election within the stipulated time.Three Opposition councillors called the meeting today. They are Mr Dulal Sarkar from the Trinamul Congress), Mr Narendranath Tiwari from the Congress and Mr Amlan Bhaduri from the BJP.