Ruckus over office for Lodha at BMC

Updated On: 27 July, 2023 08:27 AM IST | Mumbai | A Correspondent

State govt says it is within the guardian minister’s authority to have an office at BMC HQ

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Mangalprabhat Lodha in his office at the BMC HQ. File pic

The state government has said that having an office at the civic headquarters was within the powers of the guardian minister. The matter was raised in the Legislative Assembly by the Congress and other opposition members who shouted slogans, disrupting the proceedings on Wednesday afternoon. Revenue Minister Radhakrishna Vikhe-Patil told his former party colleagues Varsha Gaikwad, Nana Patole and others about the guardian ministers’ scope of work and the authority the position held. “Earlier, guardian ministers had their offices in the district collector’s office. There is nothing wrong. In fact, the question about it does not arise,” he said, while the opposition grilled his ministerial colleague Uday Samant, who has been deputed to answer queries related to the urban development department, which is officially held by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde.

‘BMC autonomy encroached’

Diverting a debate on Mumbai’s project-affected people, Gaikwad told the house that the government had encroached on the autonomy of the BMC. “We have come to know that the guardian minister has nominated certain former corporators of the BJP to work from his BMC office. What about former corporators from other parties?” she said. When the uproar continued, Speaker Rahul Narvekar came in to control the tempers. The young presiding officer, who officiated during the ruckus in Narvekar’s absence, complained to the speaker that he had faced many interruptions from the “shouting” members, and hence they should be disciplined.

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