Corporators Asked to Raise Budget Concerns on Mar 18

Exec panel members meet party dist chief; mayor urged to accommodate demands

- Anupam Srivastava

LUCKNOW: All's not well between BJP corporators and city mayor Sushma Kharkwal. The rift was pretty evident when several corporators, mostly from the ruling party, boycotted Monday's executive committee meeting that was to discuss Lucknow Municipal Corporation's proposed Rs 4,236 crore budget for 2025-26.

The meeting was deferred till March 18 due to a lack of quorum. Ten of the 12 members were absent. Out of the 10, eight are from the BJP and two from the SP.

All the eight BJP corporators have been asked by the party's district unit to attend the executive meeting now scheduled for March 18, and to raise their concerns regarding the budget directly with officials. They recently met BJP district president Anand Dwivedi to inform him about their differences with the mayor.

The district leadership has also urged the mayor to accommodate the demands of the corporators.