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A gathering of the Kozhikode Corporation assembly held connected Wednesday ended up successful noisy scenes aft Opposition members accused the authorities of facilitating “backdoor entry” of those adjacent to the ruling enactment successful the sanction of appointing impermanent sanitation workers.
The members of the United Democratic Front (UDF) carried banners that work “CPI(M) bureau is not an employment office, halt backdoor entry”. Deputy Mayor C.P. Musafar Ahmed, who was successful the chair, however, passed arsenic galore arsenic 246 items connected the docket successful astir six minutes without immoderate discussions during the melee. Members of the BJP protested against this arsenic well.
In point fig 22 connected the agenda, the Corporation had projected to name 235 sanitation workers successful the metropolis connected a impermanent basis. This was to debar immoderate situation successful the sanitation enactment and discarded absorption if imperishable employees spell connected permission oregon discontinue from service. However, members of the UDF and BJP alleged that the database of employees was prepared from the CPI(M) territory committee bureau and that lone enactment members were included successful it.
UDF leaders K.C. Shobitha and K. Moideen Koya expressed their dissent. This was followed by Congress members reaching adjacent the dais of the Mayor carrying the banner. Mr. Ahamed asked them to not screen the dais and signifier the protestation elsewhere. After Congress members ignored the demand, ruling enactment members tried to propulsion them back. This led to a scuffle betwixt the 2 groups. Meanwhile, Mr. Ahamed declared that each the items listed successful the docket had been passed. The ruling enactment members raised slogans successful enactment of this. BJP members, however, tore up the docket to registry their protest. A protestation march was besides taken out.
