Kochi Corporation Council meeting disrupted amid LDF protest seeking Mayor’s resignation

A statutory assembly gathering of the Kochi Corporation convened connected Friday was coiled up wrong minutes amid slogan shouting by the Opposition Left Democratic Front (LDF), which demanded the resignation of Mayor V.K. Minimol pursuing a Vigilance enquiry ordered against her connected a corruption complaint.

Opposition councillors, who entered the hallway carrying placards soon earlier the gathering began astatine 3 p.m., stormed the dais and unfurled a banner speechmaking “corrupt Mayor resign” arsenic soon arsenic the Mayor assumed the chair. Through the din, Ms. Minimol work retired resolutions condoling deaths and commending Corporation officials, including the secretary, for their ratio that helped Kochi apical the State successful Plan money utilisation.