Mayor receives corpn zonal chiefs' resignations
The five zonal chairpersons were Madurai East's Vasuki Sasikumar, Madurai North's Saravana Bhuvaneshwari, Madurai Central's Pandi Selvi, Madurai South's Mugesh Sharma, and Madurai West's V Suvitha, while the two standing committee chairpersons were K Vijayalakshmi and J Moovendran. The resignations come in the wake of allegations of largescale irregularities in property tax assessments. A subsequent inquiry was conducted by the police following a complaint given earlier by former corporation commissioner Dinesh Kumar.
A senior party functionary confirmed receipt of the resignation letters but did not provide further details on whether new chairpersons will be elected (in indirect elections) immediately. The functionary said many councillors are already meeting DMK ministers to secure the vacant posts of zonal chairpersons.
According to party sources, the five chairpersons submitted their resignation letters to the party high command on Monday, soon after a high-level meeting with senior DMK ministers including K N Nehru, P Moorthy, and Palanivel Thiaga Rajan.
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The move came amid mounting public pressure and internal party concerns over alleged manipulation of property records in the Urban Tree Information System (UTIS) involving temporary staff, zonal chairpersons, and councillors.
Meanwhile, the Central Crime Branch (CCB) has intensified its probe into the property tax scam that allegedly resulted in significant loss to the civic body. Police sources revealed that fresh summons have been issued to more councillors for questioning. Police suspect that the accused staff, in collusion with a few councillors and chairpersons, altered tax details — including built-up area and property usage — in exchange for bribes.
While some councillors have claimed they are being unfairly targeted, party functionaries maintain that disciplinary action was taken against all chairpersons, irrespective of their affiliation to both the ministers in Madurai.
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