Kamal Nath government's move to hold indirect mayoral poll in MP hits a roadblock
The Kamal Nath-led Congress government’s move to turn the mayoral polls in the state into an indirect election has hit a roadblock.
In the indirect manner municipal councillors and not citizens elect the mayor.
Since the state cabinet cleared an ordinance to make the mayor’s elections an indirect election, the state’s Governor Lalji Tandon is yet to sign the ordinance.
According to the sources, the Raj Bhawan has asked the Congress government to first address the objections raised against making the mayor’s elections indirect.
The Governor, though, has made it clear that consent to the ordinance won’t be given till memorandums against the government move are addressed.