Kalimpong: The chairman of the Kalimpong municipality, Suva
Pradhan, on Monday summoned a special meeting of the civic board on
Thursday to conduct a floor test.
Pradhan said he was calling the
meeting following a written request by 14 councillors of the 23-member
board seeking a vote of no-confidence against him. "A special meeting
has been summoned (on Thursday) for the removal of the chairman as
no-confidence motion (has been) filed by more than one-third of the
existing councillors of the Kalimpong municipality," he said in a notice
issued here today.
The reduced strength of the Kalimpong
municipality board is 22 following the death of the member of ward 16
Barun Bhujel in end-October.
Fourteen
councillors belonging to the Binay Tamang faction of the Gorkha Janmukti
Morcha had on December 4 written to the chairman seeking a special
meeting of the board to remove him from the post.
Apart from the 14, six, including the chairman, are no longer associated
with any party and the remaining two belong to the Jana Andolan Party
(JAP).
The Telegraph
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