Mayor protests CM visit to Large Cities Climate Summit

New Delhi, May 18 (UNI) Delhi Mayor Arti Mehra has protested the visit of the Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit to attend the C40 Large Cities Climate Summit being held at New York designed exclusively for Mayors.

In a letter written to the Lt. Governor of Delhi Tejender Khanna, Ms Mehra lodged a strong protest against what she described as the "authoritarian" attitude of the Chief Minister towards the first citizen of Delhi.

''The Chief Minister of Delhi has gone to attend C40 Large Cities Climate Summit being held at New York designed exclusively for Mayors. Apart from the Chief Minister, all other delegates are either Mayors or Governors representing their cities,''she said in the letter.

The Mayor described it against the established norms and protocol that the Chief Minister should attend a summit usurping the right of the Mayor of Delhi, who as per protocol happens to be the first citizen of Delhi and has preferential right over any other authority to represent the city.

''It is deplorable that the Chief Minister did not think it proper to consult the Mayor of Delhi on the issue and instead chose to attend the Summit by herself,''Ms Mehra said.

The Mayor further appealed to the Lt Governor that such incidents not be repeated in future and the dignity of the post of Mayor is maintained and his or her rights be honoured by the responsible persons in authority in Delhi Government.

UNI