Congress leadership gives clean chit to Thrikkakara municipal chairperson
The Hindu
‘Allegations on money payment politically motivated’
Ernakulam district Congress party leadership, which met with chairperson of the Thrikkakara Municipality Ajitha Thankappan and chairpersons of the standing committees in the municipal council on Tuesday, has virtually given a clean chit to the chairperson in connection with the allegations that the chairperson had paid ₹10,000 each to the 43 councillors in municipal council. The Congress party is of the opinion that the allegation was politically motivated, party sources said. Vice president of the Congress party in the district Mohammed Shiyas was among those who met the municipal chairperson and others on Tuesday at the DCC office as part of the inquiry instituted by the party district leadership into the allegations.
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