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The Kannur Corporation Council gathering connected Thursday collapsed wrong minutes aft Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] councillors launched a caller protestation implicit corruption allegations levelled against Mayor Musilah Madathil successful transportation with the projected ₹140-crore sewage attraction works astatine Marakkarkandi.
The Opposition entered the hallway with placards and slogans, echoing the charges raised a time earlier by CPI(M) territory caput K.K. Ragesh, who has accused the Mayor of approving the AMRUT task successful usurpation of norms. As soon arsenic the gathering began, CPI(M) councillors marched to the Mayor’s dais, chanting slogans and demanding a effect to the allegations.
With the din rising, the Mayor rapidly work retired the docket and declared the league over. Standing Committee president P.K. Ragesh attempted to rise a constituent of order, protesting against the precocious circulation of the exigency agenda, which councillors received lone astatine 11 p.m connected Thursday. But the Mayor near his spot soon aft completing the formalities, ending the day’s business.
CPI(M) councillors continued their protestation earlier walking retired of the hall.
Members of the ruling beforehand besides gathered astir the Mayor, chanting antagonistic slogans.
A beardown constabulary deployment was maintained extracurricular the assembly hallway anticipating tension.
The uproar follows a elaborate allegation by K.K. Ragesh that the Mayor issued written support for the STP up of clearance from the State High Power Committee. He has besides claimed that the tender, jointly submitted by Telangana-based firms Koya and Company and Ayyappa Infra Project, was routed done a pre-decided process designed to payment the selected films. He alleged that the method survey play was chopped drastically and that provisions were added to destruct competing bidders, enabling large-scale irregularities successful the ₹140-crore contract.
Mr. Ragesh further said that akin outgo escalation was seen successful a Kozhikode task handled by the aforesaid firms and accused the Kannur Corporation of attempting to repetition that model. He maintained that the Local Self-Government section has present stopped the task and that Vigilance complaints person been filed.
Mayor rejects charges
Meanwhile, the Mayor rejected the charges, calling the protestation “a governmental effort to divert attention” from issues affecting the State government.
He countered that the fiscal grounds of Mr. Ragesh, who has served 1 word successful Rajya Sabha, should besides beryllium examined.
The Mayor said helium would disclose details connected Friday.
