Srinagar mayor to face no-confidence motion again
SRINAGAR:: Srinagar mayor Junaid Azim Mattu on Thursday said a no-confidence motion has been moved against him at the behest of the Bharatiya Janata Party, and asserted that he enjoyed majority in the municipal corporation and would take on the challenge democratically and legally.
“Been informed that BJP has sought a ‘Vote of No Confidence’ in the SMC against me. Those who have submitted the motion are either elected members/ office bearers of BJP or unambiguously associated with BJP. This is the second such motion by BJP against me within six months,” Mattu said.
In December last year, he had defeated a similar attempt by a group of corporators.
BJP’s media in-charge for Kashmir, Manzoor Bhat, said 27 corporators affiliated with the party have moved the motion and that around 15 more members have extended support to it.
The SMC has 74 wards.
Srinagar MC secretary also confirmed that a no confidence motion has been moved against the mayor by some corporators.
In a series of tweets, he blamed the National Conference, Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) with joining hands.
While hinting that the corporators of the three parties are coming together to topple him as the city mayor, Mattu tweeted:” If @BJP4India @INCIndia and @JKNC_ are actually coming together to vote me out — I wear it as a badge of honour! BJP and Congress have never allied in the country’s history and if they want to ally now against us, I couldn’t ask for a greater validation of my dignity.”