Taking exception to a Congress councillor being barred from attending the council meeting following a court case, Prasad Abbayya, Congress MLA, has alleged that the municipal corporation officials were targeting the party councillors and demanded immediate withdrawal of the order.
Leading a delegation to meet Deputy Commissioner of Dharwad Gurudatta Hegde on Friday, Mr. Abbayya said the issue pertained to a dispute over the caste certificate of Congress councillor Sendilkumar, which was before the court of law. However, the municipal officials had issued an order asking Mr. Sendilkumar not to attend the general body meeting of the council.
He said that there were various complaints registered against BJP councillors some of which were 10-year-old court cases. However, they had been allowed to attend all the meetings and no restrictions had been imposed on them, while only Congress councillors had been barred from attending meetings, he said.
