UDF, LDF working together to corner ruling BJP in Thiruvananthapuram Corporation, says Mayor V.V. Rajesh
Thiruvananthapuram Mayor V.V. Rajesh has denied allegations of forging a councillor's signature on attendance registers, claiming the opposition parties are colluding against him. He criticized the police for their handling of the FIR and stated he has filed a counter-complaint regarding document discrepancies.
Why it matters
This highlights local political instability and the weaponization of legal complaints between rival parties in Indian municipal governance.
Accusing the United Democratic Front (UDF) and the Left Democratic Front (LDF) of working together to corner the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation, Mayor V.V. Rajesh said he will “resist all attempts to level false charges against him.”
Addressing a press conference here on Friday, he said that the Museum Police showed “undue haste” in registering an FIR against him over the alleged forgery of BJP councillor R Sugathan's signature in the Corporation council attendance register
"The Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) has come into existence in the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation earlier than I had expected. The LDF parliamentary party leader filed a complaint over alleged forgery and now a case has been registered quickly, although the police officials who visited the Corporation for initial evidence collection had realised that there is no truth to these allegations," said Mr.Rajesh.
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