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Questions raised over Mayor husband high-handedness in Alwar Municipal Corporation
- •A controversy erupted in the Alwar Municipal Corporation after a video surfaced showing the Mayor husband, Ajay Agarwal, directing sanitation workers.
- •During a meeting with protesting sanitation workers, Ajay Agarwal assured them that he would get appointment orders issued by the Mayor.
- •The Mayor, Suman Lata Agarwal, remained mostly silent while her husband led the conversation and gave assurances.
- •Questions are now being raised about the authority of the Mayor husband and whether decisions are being influenced behind the scenes.
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Questions were raised over Mayor Suman Lata Agarwal's husband, Ajay Agarwal, after he was seen giving directions and assuring protesting sanitation workers that he would get their appointment orders issued, despite later admitting he lacked the power to do so.
Sanitation workers protested to demand the issuance of experience certificates, which are critical for their benefit in the ongoing appointment process. This delay impacts the future of approximately 900 sanitation workers in the municipality.
Forest Minister Sanjay Sharma sat on a dharna at the Alwar Municipal Corporation premises to support sanitation workers awaiting appointment letters following the 2012 recruitment drive, accusing district officials and the district collector of being uncooperative.
