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The Salem Corporation’s monthly assembly gathering ended wrong 20 minutes following a verbal duel betwixt the DMK and AIADMK councillors connected Friday.
The gathering was held astatine the Corporation bureau and Mayor A. Ramachandran presided over the gathering successful which 59 resolutions were passed.
Speaking astatine the meeting, Ward 44 councillor (VCK) J.M. Imayavarman said that portion the Election Commission of India (ECI) announced that Special Intensive Revision (SIR) volition beryllium carried retired until December 4, Salem Corporation officials instructed voters to taxable their forms connected Friday nighttime itself. The Corporation should walk a resolution to widen the clip for SIR works, helium added.
Replying to this, the Mayor said that the VCK councillor’s request volition beryllium recorded but the Corporation could not bash thing with the SIR works.
After the Mayor’s reply, the VCK councillor again talked astir SIR and AIADMK councillors asked the Mayor to let councillors to talk astir issues wrong their wards. It created a verbal duel betwixt the AIADMK and DMK councillors.
Speaking astatine the meeting, AIADMK councillor (Ward 22) K.C. Selvaraj said that the Shevapet Main Road successful Ward 28 is categorised arsenic a Grade A country and implicit 102 families surviving determination are suffering owed to precocious taxes.
While Mr. Selvaraj went to the Mayor’s dais and gave the petitions regarding the issue, DMK councillors surrounded him, and a verbal duel broke out. As the ruckus continued for much than 2 minutes adjacent aft the involution of the Mayor, the Mayor announced the gathering had ended and asked to sing the National Anthem. Following this, the ruckus ended.
Speaking to reporters, absorption person N. Yadhavamoorthy said that the assembly gathering is being held monthly erstwhile and councillors are getting a accidental to item the issues successful their wards. But the Mayor allowing 1 oregon 2 councillors to talk and ending the gathering instantly is unfair and it is similar strangling the democractic rights. The country of the Mayor’s PA was renovated allegedly astatine a outgo of ₹28 lakh. But, the country of the absorption person has nary toilet oregon different facilities, Mr. Yadhavamoorthy added.
