Activists of the CPI(M) gheraoed Ongole Municipal Commissioner S. Venkatakrishna on Thursday protesting the non-assessment of property tax for people living in three colonies.
The activists waylaid the car of the Municipal Commissioner and staged a sit-in protest as Mr. Venkatakrishna tried to leave without offering an explanation to them. CPI(M) city secretary G. V. Konda Reddy alleged that the civic body staff did not assess property tax of house owners in Gurram Jashua Colony, Bhagat Singh Colony and Jayaprakash Nagar extension demanding Rs. 5,000 per assessment as ‘bribe’.