Councillors slam mayor for not allowing debates

COUNCILLORS from both ruling DMK and opposition parties have voiced concerns over the manner in which Mayor K Ranganayaki is conducting the monthly meeting of the 100-member Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation (CCMC) council.

- ARAVIND RAJ @Coimbatore

The councillors complain that they are not given prior information about the subject of resolutions and they are passed without debate or discussion in the meeting.

The DMK and its alliance parties have a strength of 96 councillors, while AIADMK has three councillors and an independent councillor makes up the rest.

Thanks to the huge majority, a majority of the resolutions are passed without opposition.

The performance of Mayor Ranganayaki has come under the lens as councillors say she just passes all resolutions without putting them to debate.

"We are asked to give opinions on the resolutions only after they are passed, and there is commotion every month.

We raise doubts, giving suggestions and opposing resolutions without any order.