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The Thiruvananthapuram metropolis Corporation holding its archetypal assembly gathering with the recently elected representatives successful Thiruvananthapuram connected Wednesday. | Photo Credit: NIRMAL HARINDRAN
The vigor of the precocious concluded section assemblage elections spilled implicit into the archetypal gathering of the recently elected assembly of the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation, arsenic the Opposition Left Democratic Front (LDF) questioned the propriety of the 20 councillors to whom the Kerala High Court had issued a announcement regarding their oaths, participating successful the council. LDF assembly enactment person S.P.Deepak, who is the petitioner successful the case, said that 20 councillors belonging to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the United Democratic Front (UDF) who took oath successful the sanction of assorted deities alternatively of swearing successful the sanction of God oregon done a solemn affirmation, had violated the municipal rules. Until the tribunal says a last connection connected this, the councillors are not eligible to be the council, helium said. Mayor V.V.Rajesh said that enactment cannot beryllium taken against the councillors unless the High Court issues an bid successful the case. For a while, the contented led to heated exchanges betwixt the councillors connected some sides. When the agendas for the time were taken up, LDF councillors K.Sreekumar and Vanchiyoor Babu alleged that the supplementary docket for the improvement lasting committee presented by lasting committee chairperson Karamana Ajith, was not provided successful beforehand to each the councillors. The supplementary docket consisted of 93 revision projects arsenic good arsenic projects which were dropped owed to assorted reasons. UDF councillor K.S.Sabarinadhan raised an contented regarding the caller ward delimitations, owed to which astatine slightest 12 wards person ended up with much than 10,000 colonisation portion others person overmuch lesser numbers. He said that this could pb to problems successful the enactment of beneficiaries for assorted payment projects arsenic each wards person adjacent allocations. He demanded a peculiar bundle for these wards during the readying process. Mr.Rajesh said that the request volition beryllium considered. The Mayor said that the tender process for purchasing 101 vehicles for Haritha Karma Sena successful each the wards person been initiated. In addition, 5 trucks volition besides beryllium purchased. UDF councillor K.H. Sudheer Khan of Vizhinjam ward was sworn successful astatine the opening of the assembly meeting.
Published - January 21, 2026 08:46 p.m. IST
