Tewari quits as chairman of art, culture committee

Chandigarh MP Manish Tewari has resigned from the chairmanship of Art, Culture, Tourism and Heritage Preservation Committee of the Administrator’s Advisory Council.

In a letter written to Punjab Governor and UT Administrator Gulab Chand Kataria, Tewari has stated that he perused the list of chairpersons and members of the sub-committees constituted from the Administrator’s Advisory Council appointed by your good self. He was rather surprised to note that while the Chandigarh presidents of the other parties have been appointed as chairpersons of one sub-committee or the other, Chandigarh Territorial Congress Committee (CTCC) president Harmohinder Singh Lucky has only been made a member of the Art, Culture, Tourism and Heritage Preservation Sub-Committee. This is a serious anomaly. Ideally speaking, no political person should be heading these committees.

Only experts or people with special knowledge of the respective genres should ideally head these sub-committees. He said, “Under those circumstances, I would like to request you that in my place, kindly appoint Harmohinder Singh Lucky as the chairperson of the Sub-Committee on Art, Culture, Tourism and Heritage Preservation. In that manner, the presidents of a substantial number of major political parties from Chandigarh would be placed on an equal footing.”

MP shirking responsibility: BJP

Chandigarh: Chandigarh BJP media head Ravi Rawat has termed Tewari’s resignation from the chairmanship of the committee as nothing more than a mere show. He said while Tewari claims he is contributing to the development of the city, he is unwilling to accept responsibilities assigned by the administration. “The position of committee chairman is not a game of musical chairs to be passed around at will,” Rawat remarked.

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