Rajasthan News / There was a big upheaval in the municipal by-election, the order of dismissal of Soumya Gurjar canceled, the mayor will remain

Rajasthan News: There has been a big upheaval between the counting of votes for the by-election of the Greater Municipal Corporation in Jaipur. Rajasthan High Court has quashed the government's order to sack Jaipur Greater Municipal Corporation Mayor Soumya Gurjar, after which it is believed that now the counting process of the ongoing elections for Jaipur Greater Municipal Corporation can be stayed and Soumya Gurjar Mayor of Municipal Corporation Greater can remain. According to the information received, on September 27, while setting aside the order issued by the Gehlot government, Justice Mahendra Goyal said that the government should issue a fresh order by giving Soumya an opportunity of being heard in the judicial inquiry.

Here in the capital Jaipur, voting is going on for the new head of the Municipal Corporation of Greater, where more than 130 councilors of BJP and Congress have voted. At the same time, after voting, the result will be released today after counting till 3 pm. In such a situation, the order of the court has brought a big relief for Soumya Gurjar, while the government has got a setback.

It is known that Soumya Gurjar had challenged the government's order to sack him in the High Court. According to experts, even if the Mayor's election results are released, it may be that it will be subject to the High Court's decision. Let us inform that BJP has fielded Rashmi Saini and Hema Singhania on behalf of Congress.

Big blow to Gehlot government!

According to the information, during the hearing in the court, the state government's Additional Advocate General Anil Mehta was asked by the High Court to withdraw the dismissal order of Soumya Gurjar in half an hour and issue a fresh order to her. In the subsequent hearing, the Additional Advocate General told the court that the government has decided to give a fresh notice to Soumya Gurjar.

In such a situation, the court heard both the sides and ruled to quash the order of dismissal of Soumya Gurjar. It is noteworthy that in the case of indecency with the then commissioner of Greater Corporation Yagya Mitra Dev Singh, the state government had banned Soumya Gurjar from contesting elections for 6 years while sacking him from the post of mayor.

For the first time a mayor was suspended

It is worth noting that Dr. Soumya Gurjar, the BJP Mayor of the Municipal Corporation of Greater in Jaipur, was removed from the post for 6 years by the government. This action has been taken against Gurjar for his dispute with former municipal commissioner Yagyamitra Singh Dev. In August this year, Joint Secretary Legal, Mudita Bhargava submitted the judicial inquiry report of the case to the Department of Autonomous Government (DLB) Secretary Jogaram, in which allegedly Dr. Soumya Gurjar and three councilors Paras Jain, Ajay Singh and Shankar Sharma were found guilty. was.

Let us inform that last year, there was a dispute between Jaipur Greater Municipal Corporation Mayor Dr. Soumya Gurjar and the then Commissioner Yagyamitra Devsingh regarding the garbage collection company BVG, after which Mayor Soumya Gurjar and the councilors were accused of abusing Commissioner Yagyamitra Singh in the corporation meeting. And was accused of pushing.

In this case, on 6 June 2021, the Rajasthan government suspended Jaipur Mayor Soumya Gurjar, Ward 39 Councilor Ajay Singh Chauhan, Ward 72 Councilor Paras Jain and Ward 103 Councilor Shankar Sharma. It is known that this was the first time in Rajasthan that a mayor was suspended by the government.