ging in groupism resulting in row over the post of commissioner for Mangalore City Corporation.’
Addressing mediapersons on Wednesday, MCC opposition leader Premananda Shetty said that confusion has prevailed over the post of commissioner since 10 days.
While one group led by MLA J R Lobo is hell bent on transfering MCC Commissioner Ajith Kumar Hegde, another group led by District-in-Charge Minister B Ramanath Rai are lobbying hard to retain him in the MCC.
Since July 14, the day when Ajith Kumar Hegde handed over the charge to Joint Commissioner Gokuldas Nayak, as he was moving to Hyderabad for a 15 days training, there is no authority to look after the affairs in MCC.
Though, in a new development Kodagu Additional Deputy Commissioner Prasanna H took charge on July 16, he too went on leave on the same day.
“A team of corporators went to meet the new commissioner in his chamber on the same evening of him taking charge, but he was not available. It is learnt that he is on leave till July 26 and is in Bangalore,” Premananda Shetty said.
He expressed concern over development works taking a back seat in the absence of the commissioner. MCC Joint Commissioner has said that he was in-charge only for two days till the new commissioner took charge and he can not take administrative decisions now.
At a time when rain is causing damage in the city and the number of malaria and dengue cases are on a rise, the MCC is in need of the commissioner to take important decisions and tackle problems.
The opposition leader also blamed Mayor Mahabala Marla for showing an indifferent attitude to the issue. “The Mayor along with a group of Congress corporators are behaving as though they are the administrators. Meetings are chaired by Mayor in the absence of senior officials from the MCC,” he said.
He demanded the Congress to end the row and the government come out clear about the commissioner.
