Morbi bridge collapse: 49 councillors to meet CM, to plead not supersede civic body
Days after the state government informed the Gujarat High Court that it will supersede the Morbi municipality in the wake of the Jhulto Pul suspension bridge collapse that killed 135 people, 49 BJP councillors from the municipality decided to plead with the state government to allow them to serve their full tenure.
The councillors claimed they were “not involved directly or indirectly” in handing over the bridge to the private firm. In a meeting held Thursday, the coucillors decided to meet Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel Monday.
Around 45 of the BJP 52 councillors held a meeting at the residence of newly elected Morbi MLA Kantilal Amrutiya and resolved to meet the CM and submit a memorandum.
