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Updated: Sun, 05 Oct 2025 08:20 pm (IST) After the riot in the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation meeting, mayor Harpreet Kaur Baba claimed strict action against the opposition council members. He accused the councilors of insulting the dignity of the house and violating the democratic process. Opposition parties described the mayor’s allegations as unfounded. Jagran correspondent, Chandigarh. After the riot in the municipal corporation’s home meeting on September 30, Mayor Harpreet Kaur Baba wrote a letter to Administrator Gulab Chand Qataria. In the letter, he claimed immediate strict action and accused four opposition councilors of incest, gross obstacle and unprecedented rudeness. The mayor mentioned the incident as a direct attack on the dignity of the democratic institution. The opposition responded sharply to this letter and described it as an attempt to suppress the voice. Remove the advertisement, just read the news, the mayor said that the councilors of the congress and the AAM AADMI Party (AAP) during the General Assembly of the 354th House disrupted the discussion on the development agenda for hours. Mayor Harpreet Babla said in the letter that senior deputy mayor Jasbir Singh Bunty (congress), Deputy Mayor Taruna Mehta (Congress), AAP councilor Prem Lata and Congress Councilor Sachin Galav torn copies of the meetings notes, the copies of the Agenda officers of the Sadan attacked. During this time there was chaos in the home, which completely stopped the discussion on important development plans. In the letter, the mayor described in detail that this behavior of the opposition council members was planned and well planned in advance, which aims to derail the development agenda in the interests of the citizens of the city. He wrote that this incident was disgusting to weaken the operation of the municipal corporation home. The councilors wired the dignity of the home and insulted the democratic process. In particular, senior deputy mayor Bunty was accused of having a parallel meeting in the central part of the home during the adjournment of the house, disobedient to the chairman and mocking democracy. Mayor Babla called on the governor in the letter to take note of the incident immediately and take strict disciplinary action against the guilty councilors. He insisted that such incidents would not be tolerated. A strict example must be set to restore the functionality of the municipal corporation and to prevent such chaos in the future. The mayor also mentioned that the riot had lost the citizens, as it became impossible to decide on development projects during the meeting. Opposition councilors responded sharply to the mayor’s letter to the letter of the opposition. A leader of the congress said that the mayor’s letter is unfair and an attempt to suppress the voice of the opposition. Opposition parties claim that councilor Manimajra is trying to illuminate irregularities such as land fraud but was expelled from the home. Monkey councilors also claimed that there is a lack of transparency in the BJP decision. The incident highlights the growing political tension in the municipal corporation, where there is a continuous conflict between BJP, Congress and Monkey. Report Balwan Karwal