Asansol gets new civic administrator

Burdwan: The state government has appointed Amarnath Chatterjee as the new civic administrator of Asansol Municipal Corporation, days after Jitendra Tiwari stepped down and gave up all party posts.
Chatterjee is the outgoing councillor of ward 30 and a former municipality chairman. The Trinamool board in Asansol completed its five-year tenure on October 14, 2020, following which mayor Jitendra Tiwari took over as administrator.Chatterjee was also a member of the nominated board of administrators.
The government move has put a question mark on the political future of Tiwari even after he made peace with Trinamool and withdrew his announcement of leaving the party. According to Trinamool insiders, the party is keeping tabs on Tiwari’s future course.