Presence of three suspended DMK councillors sparks row

Opposition stages walk out at Tiruchirapalli City Corporation Council meeting; many resolutions adopted .

February 18, 2014 10:18 am | Updated May 18, 2016 09:05 am IST - TIRUCHI:

DMK councillors staging a walkout from Tiruchirapalli City CorporationCouncil meeting in Tiruchi on Monday. — PHOTO: A.MURALITHARAN

DMK councillors staging a walkout from Tiruchirapalli City CorporationCouncil meeting in Tiruchi on Monday. — PHOTO: A.MURALITHARAN

Councillors of the Opposition Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam staged a walk out from the Tiruchirapalli City Corporation Council meeting on Monday protesting the suspension of three of their colleagues for two meetings by Mayor A. Jaya during last month’s council meet.

The three councillors, D. Ramamurthy, T. Muthuselvam, and V. Leela, were suspended for two meetings after they pulled down microphones at the council meeting last month. All three had turned up for Monday’s urgent meeting, provoking vociferous protests from the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam councillors.

J. Srinivasan and other AIADMK members were on their feet demanding that the three councillors be sent out as they had been suspended. Ms. Jaya insisted that the three councillors leave the council hall.

DMK member K.S. Nagarajan defended his party colleagues saying that they had only tried to raise people’s issues. The former Deputy Mayor M. Anbazhagan of the DMK said though the incidents that took place at last month’s meeting was regrettable, the suspension of the three councillors for two meetings was unacceptable.

The AIADMK members insisted that the Mayor’s order be enforced. Congress councillor R. Hema, who came out in support of the suspended DMK members, was shouted down by the AIADMK councillors.

The three councillors, who stood their ground for some time, later decided to leave the council hall and Mr. Anbazhagan led a walk out of his party members condemning the suspension.

The meeting came to a quick end soon after as all the items on the agenda were declared to have been adopted.

Important among the approved resolutions were the corporation decision to hire about 475 workers on a temporary basis for 120 days for carrying out up anti-mosquito operations and environment development works in the city. One ‘domestic breeding checker’ would be appointed for every 2,000 people in the city.

0 / 0
Sign in to unlock member-only benefits!
  • Access 10 free stories every month
  • Save stories to read later
  • Access to comment on every story
  • Sign-up/manage your newsletter subscriptions with a single click
  • Get notified by email for early access to discounts & offers on our products
Sign in

Comments

Comments have to be in English, and in full sentences. They cannot be abusive or personal. Please abide by our community guidelines for posting your comments.

We have migrated to a new commenting platform. If you are already a registered user of The Hindu and logged in, you may continue to engage with our articles. If you do not have an account please register and login to post comments. Users can access their older comments by logging into their accounts on Vuukle.