Punalur ∙ CPM Chemmantur local committee office, which was functioning in the commercial complex of Chemmantur private bus stand of the municipality, was closed by the revenue department of the municipal corporation due to strong protest by the UDF councilors on the ground of rent arrears of over four lakhs.
The UDF councilors blocked the officials’ move to close other debt rooms that had been in arrears for several months without taking action despite years of arrears. The closure of the party local committee office in the municipal council, which has been governed by the CPM leadership for decades, has become very tired for the CPM leadership.
For the past few days, the officials have been locking the shop rooms in the municipal buildings where rent was arreared. When the official team reached the place yesterday and started to lock up the owners of the other shops, the municipal opposition leader G. Under the leadership of Jayaprakash, the councilors and Congress workers joined together to prevent it.
After the protestors insisted that the other rooms should be closed only after the CPM party office was closed due to 194 months rent arrears, the 2 rooms where the local committee office was functioning were locked and sealed.
English Summary: CPM local committee office locked due to rent pending worth lakhs