The Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) Mayor Junaid Azim Mattu on Tuesday lost the floor test after 40 corporators voted against him.
The special session of the corporation was held after the majority of corporators had moved a no-confidence resolution against Mattoo.
41 councilors including the Deputy Mayor were present. 40 councilors voted against Mayor while Dy Mayor who presided the session didn’t vote. Under rules, the presiding officer (Dy Mayor) has to vote when there is a tie.
“Out of 70 councilors, 40 corporators have voted against Mattoo,” officials in SMC told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO)
It is worth to mention here that Congress councilors didn’t participate in the special session today.
Meanwhile, Mattoo in his tweet said that he respects the verdict of the corporation.
“The vote of ‘No Confidence Motion’ against me, and the @JKPC_has been passed in the SMC with 42 votes out of 70. The @BJP4India, @JKNC_and some independents have polled against the @JKPC_and @INCIndia abstaining whip where 28 Corporators abstained,” Mattu tweeted.
“I respect the verdict of the Corporation. The seemingly unthinkable seems to have happened as @JKNC_ and @BJP4India have come together in Srinagar. But more on that later. Time to spend some time with my family after nearly four months of our war against #COVID19,” Mattoo wrote on twitter.
Meanwhile, the authorities will hold fresh election for the post of SMC Mayor—(KNO)
