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I used to be the primary one to demand Thiruvananthapuram mayors resignation, says Shashi Tharoor

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Thiruvananthapuram, November 24:; Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Thursday mentioned that he was the primary one to ask for the resignation of Thiruvananthapuram’s mayor over the alleged appointment letter row within the Municipal Corporation.

“I was the first one to ask for it (Thiruvananthapuram Mayor’s resignation) on November 7,” mentioned Congress MP Tharoor whereas talking to the media outdoors the Corporation, the place Congress Councillors have been staging an indefinite strike demanding the resignation of Mayor Arya Rajendran.

The senior Congress chief Tharoor additional explaining his stand and becoming a member of the protest on Thursday, mentioned that the explanation he did so was that he wished to remind folks of some issues.

“One that unemployment is the biggest problem faced by our country, every job that is paid for by the taxpayers’ money. Whether it’s temporary or permanent, it should be open and freely available to every citizen of Kerala. And yet there was a letter asking for the party to nominate a candidate. This is a betrayal to the youth of Kerala,” he mentioned.

“Second that there is an oath of office sworn by the Mayor or any other constitutional office holder that requires to be fair to all the citizens. They have no right to restrict the benefits to their own party members,” Tharoor mentioned.

“The third reason for me to join this protest is the police brutality that has followed. We have a situation where 14 youth Congress activists and 4 Kerala student activists have been in jail for 18 days. Two youth Congress members are in hospital. Member of parliament and leader of Mahila Congress was also beaten so badly,” he claimed.

These are the strategies which are disgraceful. It’s such a shameful act of the Communist get together and betraying the youth of Kerala, he mentioned.

Thiruvananthapuram Mayor Arya Rajendran had allegedly written to CPI(M) district secretary and demanded a precedence checklist for appointing get together members to 295 momentary posts within the municipal company.

I used to be the primary one to demand Thiruvananthapuram mayor’s resignation, says Shashi Tharoor ANI 26 November 2022 Post Your Comments

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