Mysuru: City Mayor Pushpalatha Jagannath has refuted MP Pratap Simha’s claims that Government guidelines have not been followed in the spending of funds by the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) and that there was discrimination in the MCC’s allotment of funds.
Addressing a press meet at her office here recently, Pushpalatha Jagannath maintained that there was no truth in MP Pratap Simha’s allegations made by him during the inspection of Vijayanagar Water Reservoir recently. Stating that the approval of BJP Councillors too was taken in the allocation of funds by the MCC, the Mayor said that the Wards represented by senior Corporators, irrespective of their party, were allotted Rs.1 crore to Rs.1.25 crore, which was in accordance with the guidelines laid down by the 14th Finance Commission.
