BMC chairman warns commissioner of ‘permanent departure’ over walkout

Bhopal Municipal Corporation council chairman Kishan Suryavanshi has warned commissioner Sanskriti Jain that she will be 'permanently sent away' if she leaves the House again without informing him or handing over charge. The warning came during Wednesday's council meeting, the first in nearly five months, after Jain suddenly walked out before the question hour ended.

Suryavanshi expressed strong displeasure at the commissioner's empty chair. 'Is the commissioner's chair a matter of personal choice? There is a dignity to the Chair,' he said. Only one councillor, Congress's Md Sarwar, raised civic issues such as pothole-ridden roads, poor sanitation and contaminated water, urging the House to focus on development.