In the general meeting of the Rajkot Municipal Corporation (RMC), led by Mayor Nayna Pedhadiya on July 18, the BJP corporators reportedly attempted to silence Opposition leaders who raised questions about the Rajkot TRP Game Zone fire tragedy, which resulted in 27 deaths.

The BJP corporators were discussing government grants, but the discussion went unhinged as Congress corporators demanded answers over corruption in the funds. 

When asked about the Rajkot game zone fire, Opposition’s Vashram Sagathiya was told by Standing Committee Chairperson Jaymin Thaker “to come to his chamber for details”.

When the Congress corporator demanded a public discussion about a fire that killed 27 people, all 66 BJP corporators stood up on their chairs and loudly objected, also claiming that a female mayor was insulted in the house.

The Congress leaders also threatened to protest till their questions were not discussed in the meeting.

The mayor instructed the marshals to forcibly remove the Congress corporators from the meeting. In response, the Opposition members chanted slogans against the BJP and protested with banners about the fire.

Notably, some of the fire victims were also present as spectators at the board meeting. The audience gallery was packed with the affected families of the Rajkot fire tragedy.

Moreover, Congress leader Rohitsinh Rajput was also detained at home.

Sagathiya said that the BJP is scared of the voice of the questions raised regarding the fire tragedy. He mentioned that the police detained him illegally in the early morning ahead of the meeting and left him at the meeting later after a discussion with a senior police officer.

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