Port Blair, Aug. 24: The councillors of BJP, DMK and the TDP have decided to Boycott the ceremony of the unveiling of the statute of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi by the PBMC.

In a communication, the councillors said, “The unjustified use of PBMC machinery has shocked the common man. The labourers and the officers have been totally involved in the preparation of the ceremony for the last one week and all the works of the general public have been put on hold”.

“Such wasteful expenditure of public money is highly condemnable”.

Among the Councillors opposing the move of the Council to erect a statue of Former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi are Smti.Sheela Singh, Smti.Varalaxmi, Smti.Vineeta Malhotra, Smti. Vani Raja  and Shri.Aziz ur Rehman.