DMK, AIADMK councillors fight over property tax scam in Madurai
The Madurai Corporation council meeting was disrupted by heated arguments between DMK and AIADMK councillors regarding a property tax scam. The session also touched upon local infrastructure issues, including drainage and traffic management.
Why it matters
This reflects the intense political polarization in local governance and its impact on municipal administration.
The 47th council meeting held at the Madurai Corporation witnessed noisy scenes for about 30 minutes when the DMK and AIADMK councillors accused each other over the property tax scam on Tuesday.
Mayor (in-charge) T. Nagarajan was in the chair. Commissioner Gaurav Kumar presided. Officers from various wings of the Corporation participated.
Even before the meeting started, AIADMK councillor Nagajothi and independent councillor K. Jayachandran squatted inside the ‘Anna Maligai’ campus to protest the Corporation’s lackadaisical attitude over the incomplete underground drainage system in her ward. About 100 people from her ward too joined her and as the situation looked out of control, the police arrested them and also closed all the main gates of the ‘Anna Maligai.’ A heavy posse of police was deployed in the area.
As the meeting began, the AIADMK leader in the council Solai Raja demanded a response for the arrest of his party colleague.
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