Hyderabad: Won’t allow, says BJP on iPhones for outgoing GHMC members
Each phone would cost Rs 1.6 lakh and a total sum of Rs 27.23 lakh was approved by the committee chaired by Mayor Bonthu Rammohan. December 18, 2020 3:26:43 pm
Each phone would cost Rs 1.6 lakh and a total sum of Rs 27.23 lakh was approved by the committee chaired by Mayor Bonthu Rammohan.
The decision of the Standing Committee of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) Thursday to give themselves a brand new Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max (512GB) has given ammunition to the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to attack the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS).
BJP chief spokesperson K Krishna Saagar Rao. (Photo/ANI)
GHMC Standing Committee decision to gift its members iPhones a misuse of power: BJP demands roll back ANI | Updated: Dec 18, 2020 19:26 IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], December 18 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has termed the decision of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) Standing Committee to gift its members brand new Apple iPhone as brazen misuse of power and demanded a rollback of the decision.
It is to be noted that the decision came at a time when all the 17 members of the Standing Committee, which is the final authority to approve the development projects of the Corporation, will demit office in the first week of February 2021. The proposal to buy the new iPhone 12 Pro Max (512GB) was among the 14 proposals that were listed on the agenda on Thursday.
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