TMC councillors hold KMC monthly meeting outside ‘locked’ main chamber

We made alternative arrangements and started the proceedings, Ghosh said.Meanwhile, the first monthly meeting of the KMC after the recent assembly polls, scheduled for Friday, was cancelled through a notification issued on Wednesday.There has been no clarification from the KMC Commissioners office regarding the cancellation, a senior official of the civic body said.Under KMC regulations, failure to hold the mandatory monthly meeting could potentially lead to a constitutional crisis, a TMC councillor claimed.The law is very clear the monthly meeting is essential for the functioning of the civic body, he said.KMC elections are due later this year.

Trinamool Congress councillors of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) on Friday conducted the civic body's monthly meeting outside its main chamber, after finding it ''locked'' since morning, party leaders said.

The session was subsequently held in the club room of the civic body under the leadership of KMC Chairperson Mala Roy.

The reason behind the chamber remaining locked was not immediately known.

''The chamber was locked since morning. After an initial discussion with the councillors, it was decided that the session would be held in the club room instead,'' Deputy Mayor and Councillor of Ward No 11, Atin Ghosh, said.

The councillors arranged for chairs and tables on their own and began the proceedings in the club room, he said.

''The session continued as scheduled. We made alternative arrangements and started the proceedings,'' Ghosh said.

Meanwhile, the first monthly meeting of the KMC after the recent assembly polls, scheduled for Friday, was cancelled through a notification issued on Wednesday.

''There has been no clarification from the KMC Commissioner's office regarding the cancellation,'' a senior official of the civic body said.

Under KMC regulations, failure to hold the mandatory monthly meeting could potentially lead to a constitutional crisis, a TMC councillor claimed.

''The law is very clear; the monthly meeting is essential for the functioning of the civic body,'' he said.

KMC elections are due later this year.