DMK braces for a difficult GCC council meeting in June

DMK councillors connected Friday complained astir unwarranted interference by TVK enactment representatives astatine reappraisal meetings conducted by recently elected MLAs successful the beingness of civic officials of Chennai Corporation successful assorted zones of the city.

With TVK emerging arsenic the caller ruling aft Assembly elections, the DMK is bracing itself for chaotic assembly meetings for the remaining tenure of 9 months. Congress, its main state earlier the elections, has joined the ruling TVK. VCK, which has 4 councillors and IUML with 1 councillor, person besides joined the authorities portion Left parties are extending extracurricular enactment to the TVK government.

At the archetypal gathering of DMK councillors aft Assembly elections conducted by Mayor R. Priya successful Ripon Buildings connected Friday, councillors pointed to instances of specified reappraisal done by definite TVK enactment representatives who accompanied recently elected MLAs from Assembly constituencies successful the city.

For instance, DMK councillors complained astir the information TVK representatives successful reappraisal meetings conducted by an MLA successful zones specified arsenic Sholinganallur and Perungudi to reappraisal civic projects successful the beingness of GCC officials. 

Deputy Mayor Mu.Magesh Kumaar said: “DMK is not against the elected MLAs who effort to resoluteness civic issues. But we are acrophobic astir the beingness of governmental enactment representatives who are not elected by the radical astatine authoritative reappraisal meetings.”

At the gathering connected Friday, Chennai Corporation Councillors, zonal chairpersons and lasting committee chairpersons were asked to commencement meetings of zonal committees and lasting committees aft June 1, up of the much-anticipated Chennai Corporation Council gathering successful June. 

As the DMK is expecting noisy disruptions during the Council meetings due to the fact that of the governmental concern station Assembly elections, the councillors were asked to support decorum and usage measured connection successful the lawsuit of chaos during the treatment connected civic issues and information by recently elected MLAs successful the Council meetings.

Chennai Corporation Council DMK level person N. Ramalingam said: “We are determined to support decorum during the assembly meetings. DMK councillors person been advised not to respond to unacceptable remarks. The Mayor and Deputy Mayor volition instrumentality work for maintaining the decorum of the assembly erstwhile determination are protests oregon heated exchanges during assembly meetings. Over 90 percent of the DMK councillors participated in the gathering connected Friday.”

Chennai Corporation Congress level person Samuel Diraviam said the 13 councillors of the Congress volition request greater transparency regarding tenders to resoluteness civic issues of the people. “The recently elected MLAs should beryllium invited for the Chennai Corporation Council gathering successful June to sermon civic issues.”