Fisticuffs in BBMP council over property tax hike

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Elected representatives of the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike council got here to blows at the month-to-month meeting on Friday. The Mayor was averted from exiting the council hall. The competition leader, who fainted owing to high blood strain, needed to be rushed to the health center in an ambulance. Within the melee, girls councilors sustained some minor injuries. In no way has the BBMP council seen this kind of show of fisticuffs.

The competition BJP is stressful, a complete rollback of the belongings tax hike. The property tax hike had tempers going for walks excessively. Unfazed, BJP councilors decided to agitate at some stage on Friday until 11 a.m. on Saturday.

“We can be agitating on the BBMP head office. We plan to camp in the headquarters all nighttime till our needs are met,” stated B.S. Sathyanarayana, former Mayor and Basavanagudi councilor.

Councilors tear resolution

It all started when the decision to cap the growth within the property tax costs — to 20 according to cent for residential properties and 25 consistent with cent for business properties — turned into a table for approval. Though the BJP councilors vociferously voiced their dissent, the ruling Congress handed the resolution.

Seeing this as an act of excessive-handedness, BJP councilors stormed the residence and tore apart the assembly timetable and the resolution.

Fisticuffs in BBMP council over property tax hike 1While the stew did not die, Mayor B.N Manjunath Reddy adjourned the meeting for 15 minutes. While the assembly resumed, some BJP councilors rushed to the podium and raised slogans against the Congress. They ignored the Mayor’s repeated appeals to desist and moved lower back to their seats.

The Mayor suspended four BJP councilors under the Karnataka Municipal Organizations Act, 1976, for two months. The councilors — opposition chief Padmanabha Reddy, Umesh Shetty, Mohan Babu, and N. Nagaraju — can not input the council for two months.

But, even after this, the unrest continued. Some BJP ladies councilors sat on the ground, refusing to permit the Mayor to leave the council corridor for at least 20 minutes. Policewomen had been known to escort the agitating ladies councilors out of the hall but were stonewalled by male BJP councilors.

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Eventually, after nearly 20 minutes of this commotion, Ruling birthday celebration leader R.S. Sathyanarayan managed to push himself through the fighting crowd and escorted the Mayor out of the council corridor. Mr. Padmanabha Reddy fainted and moved out of the hall on a stretcher, after which the BJP councilors left the gallery. Mr. Padmanabha Reddy was rushed to the clinic.

Legislators come calling

Around 7 p.m., the former Deputy leader Minister R. Ashok, Jayanagar MLA BN Vijaya Kumar, Basavanagudi MLA Ravi Subramanya, and MLC Ashwathnarayan visited the BJP councilors who had been agitating at the council building.

The Mayor additionally arrived at the spot and urged the legislators to convince the contributors to call off their agitation.

Notwithstanding appeals using the Mayor to call off the protest, the BJP councilors refused. Mr. Padmanabha Reddy, who was in advance within the day admitted to the sanatorium, was discharged and joined the protest.