Jaipur: Finally, the federal government has issued prosecution sanction in opposition to Heritage Nagar Nigam Mayor Munesh Gurjar. After UDH Minister Jhabar Singh Kharra signed the prosecution sanction file, the division additionally issued orders to sanction prosecution in opposition to the mayor. Now ACB will current the sanction letter within the courtroom. Meanwhile, Minister Kharra has mentioned that as quickly as ACB presents the challan within the courtroom and the division receives the data, Munesh Gurjar might be suspended and faraway from his submit. Since the submit of mayor is reserved for OBC ladies, the federal government will difficulty orders to quickly give the cost of mayor to any councilor coming from this class for 60 days.
Four months after the letter from the Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB), the Rajasthan authorities has permitted state prosecution in opposition to Mayor Munesh Gurjar. The case is about taking a bribe of Rs 2 lakh in change for issuing a lease. Actually, the ACB raided the home of Mayor Munesh Gurjar on 4 August 2023. In this, the mayor’s husband Sushil Gurjar and two brokers, Narayan Singh and Anil Dubey, had been arrested whereas taking a bribe of Rs 2 lakh. During the search, lease associated information and Rs 41 lakh had been additionally recovered from Sushil Gurjar’s home. Along with this, Rs 8.95 lakh was additionally discovered from the home of dealer Narayan Singh.
Read: Prosecution sanction file pending in opposition to Mayor Munesh Gurjar, awaiting signature of UDH Minister
Allegations proved in investigation: During the investigation, the allegations of corruption in opposition to the mayor had been proved. In the case, the ACB had sought prosecution approval from the state authorities on May 2, 2023, which has now been permitted.
The mayor might be eliminated as quickly because the challan is offered: In this regard, Minister Jhabar Singh Kharra mentioned that prosecution approval has been issued in opposition to Jaipur Mayor. As quickly as ACB presents the challan within the courtroom and the division receives the data, Munesh Gurjar might be suspended from his submit. After that, the federal government will difficulty an order to quickly give the cost of mayor to any councilor of the class for which the submit of mayor is reserved, for 60 days, as per the federal government’s requirement. After 60 days, elections could be held and the time period may also be prolonged.
The mayor ought to resign: He mentioned that as per the principles, the day the matter of prosecution in opposition to the mayor began, he ought to have resigned. If he doesn’t achieve this now, he might be eliminated by authorities order. Whether there might be elections for the submit of mayor in future or not depends upon the State Election Commission. He additionally mentioned that the reply relating to merging the company might be discovered clearly solely after the completion of the time period.
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Congress councilors had alleged: Congress councillors had alleged that BJP MLAs are in cahoots with the mayor, that’s the reason the prosecution sanction file was not signed until now. On this Jhabar Singh Kharra mentioned that he doesn’t have any details about this, if Congress councillors have any info and it’s made accessible to them, then they may also ask the BJP representatives as to why they’ve put their palms on the mayor. The file has positively been signed after 4 months, the reply to this might be taken from the Principal Secretary. However, he has additionally modified now, we are going to speak to him once we meet him.