UDF stages protest against proposal to hike property tax
The Hindu
Order for revising tax issued during the term of Chandy govt.: Mayor
United Democratic Front (UDF) councillors in the Kochi Corporation on Tuesday staged a dharna before the office of the civic body protesting against what they termed as an unjustifiable proposal to hike the property tax.
Inaugurating the meeting, T.J. Vinod, MLA, said the attempt of the civic administration to overburden residents by hiking taxes shall be resisted. The civic body had steeply hiked the property tax in violation of all the norms, he said.
Antony Kureethara, the leader of the Congress in the council, said the civic administration was plundering the residents of Kochi. The UDF will give shape to a series of protests if the civic administration fails to roll back the flawed proposals, he said.