BMC has come under intense criticism over the state of roads in Mumbai
Amid uproar over city roads riddled with potholes, opposition parties have come out in support of Congress's announcement to bring no confidence motion against the BMC Commissioner in the next Standing Committee meeting of the Sena-ruled civic body.
The BJP, however, has come out in support of BMC chief Ajoy Mehta, saying that the official should be credited for exposing the multi-crore road scam.
Principal Opposition party in Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, Congress yesterday announced to bring a "no confidence motion" against Mr Mehta over the issue of potholes in Standing Committee's next meeting scheduled on October 21.
Shiv Sena group leader in the BMC, Trushna Vishwasrao said "We are going to support the no confidence motion being brought by Congress because we feel that administration is playing its own politics."
NCP group leader Dhananjay Pisal alleged that those officials close to Mr Mehta are "misleading the house and people on the number of potholes."
"Under the leadership of current Commissioner, BMC has repeatedly set and missed deadlines to fill potholes. Officers close to him are misleading the house and people by saying that there are only 35 potholes. The Commissioner should know that there are more that 100 potholes just outside the BMC headquarters where he sits," he said.
Samajwadi Party group leader Rais Sheikh claimed that the BMC chief is "misleading" people on the number of potholes.
MNS, which has launched a scathing campaign against potholes, has warned Mr Mehta that if all potholes are filled by Diwali (October end), he will face the same protest as meted out to a senior civic engineer last week.
Chief engineer (Roads) Sanjay Darade was forced to hold a humiliating placard by MNS workers, reading that he was responsible for potholes on Mumbai raods.