Mayor & deputy to resign Soon
statesman news service
SILIGURI, 26 JUNE: The Trinamul Congress and the Congress today agreed to form the Siliguri Municipal Corporation jointly after a marathon meeting between two party leaders in Kolkata and Siliguri tonight.
Notably, the Congress had to form the SMC board with the support of the CPI-M after election when the Trinamul Congress leaders were demanding the post of mayor. The state north Bengal development affairs minister, Mr Gautam Deb, said that the Congress had informed us that the mayor, Ms Gangotri Datta would resign from her post before tabling the SMC budget.
“The Congress would select its candidate for the mayor post later. The posts would be shared equally between the two parties,” Mr Deb said over phone from Kolkata.
The Trinamul Congress recently asked the Congress leaders that they would not support the budget to be tabled on 29 June if the board was not formed jointly.
The Darjeeling district Congress (plains) president, Mr Shankar Malakar, who is also MLA for Matigara Naxabari, said: “A total of 10 posts would be shared equally. The Congress councillors would hold five posts ~ mayor, chairman and three members of the mayor-in-council. On the other hand, the Trinamul would hold the post of deputy mayor and four posts of mayor-in-council.’’
“We took the decision here tonight and intimated the resolution to the Trinamul leaders in Kolkata,” Mr Malakar said.
SMC mayor Ms Gangotri Datta said: “The SMC has not been jointly formed yet and no one has resigned. But it would be done shortly. I am busy drafting the budget now.”
The deputy mayor, Mr Nantu Paul, would have to resign to make way for Mr Krishna Paul.
statesman news service
SILIGURI, 26 JUNE: The Trinamul Congress and the Congress today agreed to form the Siliguri Municipal Corporation jointly after a marathon meeting between two party leaders in Kolkata and Siliguri tonight.
Notably, the Congress had to form the SMC board with the support of the CPI-M after election when the Trinamul Congress leaders were demanding the post of mayor. The state north Bengal development affairs minister, Mr Gautam Deb, said that the Congress had informed us that the mayor, Ms Gangotri Datta would resign from her post before tabling the SMC budget.
“The Congress would select its candidate for the mayor post later. The posts would be shared equally between the two parties,” Mr Deb said over phone from Kolkata.
The Trinamul Congress recently asked the Congress leaders that they would not support the budget to be tabled on 29 June if the board was not formed jointly.
The Darjeeling district Congress (plains) president, Mr Shankar Malakar, who is also MLA for Matigara Naxabari, said: “A total of 10 posts would be shared equally. The Congress councillors would hold five posts ~ mayor, chairman and three members of the mayor-in-council. On the other hand, the Trinamul would hold the post of deputy mayor and four posts of mayor-in-council.’’
“We took the decision here tonight and intimated the resolution to the Trinamul leaders in Kolkata,” Mr Malakar said.
SMC mayor Ms Gangotri Datta said: “The SMC has not been jointly formed yet and no one has resigned. But it would be done shortly. I am busy drafting the budget now.”
The deputy mayor, Mr Nantu Paul, would have to resign to make way for Mr Krishna Paul.
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