Many DMK councilors are also dissatisfied with the activities of Nellai Municipal Corporation Mayor PM Saravanan. Talking to us about this, some members of the party said, “Saravana, who was the party’s grassroots supporter, was brought in by Central District Secretary Abdul Wahab as mayor. He was given the mayorship in the hope that Saravanan, his protégé, would obey him.
But when the responsibility came, there was a change in Mayor Saravanan’s actions. He started aloof from the party programs and started agitating against the Central District Secretary Abdul Wahab. Along with Municipal Corporation Commissioner Siva Krishnamurthy, he started segregating party members. He complained to the party leadership especially against the central district secretary. That has led to conflict between the two,” say DMK’s local figures.
When talking to some DMK councillors, “Councillors don’t see anyone. He acted regardless of the fact that we were DMK members. Even if we go with a request, we don’t do it. The opposition parties do not even carry out basic infrastructure improvement projects in our wards which are happening in the wards of the alliance parties.
He himself formed a separate party and started working. That is why we had to speak against him in the corporation meetings. “The situation has reached such a level that only one DMK councilor has asked the anti-corruption department to investigate the corruption complaints in the corporation.”
Last month, 40 DMK councilors filed a complaint against the Mayor of Nellie Corporation to Urban Development Minister KN Nehru. Then Minister KN Nehru spoke to Mayor Saravanan and Corporation Commissioner Siva Krishnamurthy and ordered them to fulfill the demands of the DMK councilors immediately.
However, 35 DMK councilors, who were dissatisfied with the actions of the corporation administration, left for Chennai last night. But since Minister KN Nehru has come to Trichy, all the councilors have gone to Trichy and met Minister Nehru and submitted a request to replace Mayor Saravanan.
When reporters asked Minister KN Nehru about this, he said, “There is a slight difference of opinion between the mayor and the councillors. We will resolve it through negotiation. The reason is that the mayor is also a member of our party. This matter will be resolved amicably,” he said.
Speaking to us, the mayor’s supporters said, “Some people are deliberately complaining about Mayor Saravanan. There are few party members behind this. They say that the party leadership knows all the details.
At the instigation of some members of the party, some councilors are planning to spread defamation.
Mayer supporters
All the roads in Nellai Corporation are potholed and impassable. Despite living on the banks of the Tamiraparani river, where water can flow throughout the year, even the need for drinking water has not been fully met yet. As the underground sewerage project has not been completed for 20 years, it has not been able to stop the sewage from getting mixed up in the Tamiraparani River. The ongoing conflict between Nellie Municipal Corporation Mayor Saravanan and councilors has made the public more dissatisfied when many of the basic needs of the people have not been fulfilled.