MCC Commissioner resigns alleging harassment from Mysuru DC; latter denies

Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) commissioner and IAS officer Shilpa Nag announced her resignation levelling allegations against Mysuru Deputy Commissioner Rohini Sindhuri. Nag alleged Sindhuri of targeting and oppressing her while Sindhuri refuted the allegations.

Mysuru: Hours after Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) commissioner and IAS officer Shilpa Nag announced her resignation, accusing Mysuru Deputy Commissioner Rohini Sindhuri of humiliating her at every step, the latter has denied all allegations. In a statement, Sindhuri said Nag's accusations "are contrary to the real facts".

Nag on Thursday announced to step down, saying that she would soon meet the Chief Secretary, P. Ravi Kumar, on the matter. Sindhuri said that Nag has been issuing statements to the press against the district administration for the last 10 days and such conduct was not expected from the MCC Commissioner. Sindhuri alleged that Nag had stopped attending Covid-19 review meetings convened by her.

"The MCC had also been submitting unsigned and contradictory ward-wise Covid figures on new cases, deaths and active cases. I have ordered the same to be rectified," she said, countering Nag.

"How can these measures be construed as harassment? None of this constitutes harassment by any stretch of imagination," Sindhuri said.

Hitting out at Nag, she said the MCC commissioner was made in charge of CSR funds coming from private industries for the entire district but it was brought to her notice that the whole of CSR funds was being used for Mysuru city.

"In this regard, I only asked her to furnish details of the account till June 1 and I have not received any reply till now... to give almost nothing to taluks and rural areas is unfair and wrong," the Mysuru DC said.

Meanwhile, Mysuru District in charge Minister, S.T. Somashekhar said that he would visit Mysuru on Friday and convince Nag to withdraw her resignation.

"Before leaving for Mysuru, I will speak with Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa to apprise him about the whole issue," he said.

Shilpa Nag announces resignation

Addressing a press conference on Thursday evening, Nag had said that the DC accused her of not discharging her duties. In a scathing remark against Sindhuri, the MCC commissioner said the district administration did not cooperate with her. She pointed out that rules for city and rural are different.

Further, she said, DC Sindhuri, being an IAS officer is oppressing another officer. "She is targeting me. She has a very poor mentality and she should not be in Mysuru. I do not know why she hates me. I will resign and live a different life," Sindhuri said.

Sindhuri is a 2009 batch IAS officer while Nag belongs to the 2014 batch.

With inputs from IANS