Councillors ousted Junaid Mattu for corruption and professional arrogance

I am not subscribed to the views of any political party :- Sheikh imran

Srinagar June 22(PTK)In a scathing attack on the former Mayor, Junald Mattu and Jammu and Kashmir Peoples conferenoe (JKPC), former deputy mayor, Sheikh Mohammad Imran on Sunday says that
councillors irrespective of the political ideology passed no-confidence motion to fight corruption
and professional arrogance sprouted and spread by ex-mayor

Corruption has to go. Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) must work in a transparent and accountable manner. The corrupt and arrogant people must be ousted. People of Srinagar want local governance. They want civic services. They are fed up with the corrupt practices and arroganoe of the former mayor”, said the former deputy major, Sheikh Mohammad Imran.

Pertinently, Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Conferenoe (JKPC) in a presser have called the “joint
mandate” of the councillors irrespective of the ideology to which they belong to pass “no confidence motion’ against the ex-mayor Junaid Mattu on the grounds of corruption charges
and professional deformity as “politicaly disturbing fact”. The ex mayor, Junaid Mattu in a series of tweets also tried to confuse the people of Srinagar by infusing the ‘arithmetic debate” to
camoufiage his corrupt and professional deformitles.

Ashraf Palpori, a JKPC Corporator and Chairman enforoement demands an impartial investigation in all the alleged Scams done by the former mayor. Ashraf said, “He does not care
even for the chair for honesty. I love people and will give my blood to them. I will always stand
up as a strong foroe against corruption in SMC.” Palpori being a member of JKPC, contradicts the views of the former Mayor that Sheikh Imran has garnered BJP support to oust him. “I
belong to Junaid Mattu’s party (JKPC), and I stood against corruption and professional
arrogance. It is my moral duty to do so”, Palpori added.

Junaid Azim Mattu contested the SMC election as Independent from four wards, winning from
three of them and was elected Mayor of the Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) with the
support from the BJP and the Peoples Conference.

Srinagar Mayor Junaid Azim Mattu was removed from his position on Tuesday through a no-confidence motion he was facing for the third time in his tenure since he was elected in 2018.
Mattu blamed the Bharatiya Janata Party and National Conferenoe for his removal. Sheikh Imran called this as ‘mental frustration’ after losing the no-confidence motion and said, “Junaid
Mattu was elected Mayor of the Srinagar Municipal Corporation (8MC) with the support from the BJP and the Peoples Conference in 2018. Now if parties have taken the support back, the
questions arise why they did so. It is learnt that BelP has withdrawn their support to Mattu as BJP felt that it couldn’t be a part of the corrupt system run by ex-mayor”.

Sheikh Mohammad Imran sald that he was made deputy-mayor with the support of congress
and independent councillors in 2018 when Junaid Mattu was elected the mayor with the help of BJP I am not subscribing to views of any political parties, and 1 am here to provide the good
local governance free from corruption and professional arrogance”, he added further.(PTK)