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19 Aug 2008 Monday

Nellai; Over 800 All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam functionaries, including 150 women, staged a demonstration in front of the Tirunelveli Corporation on Monday in protest against “steep hike in property tax and condemning the local body’s failure to strengthen infrastructure”.

Addressing protestors, organising secretary of the party and former Minister Muthusamy, while listing out the “mismanagement and failures” of the Corporation administration, said the “mistakes” being committed now would be rectified in near future as elections to Parliament and Assembly would be conducted simultaneously.

“AIADMK general secretary Jayalalithaa’s strategy will ensure victory in a minimum of 180 Assembly constituencies as the people are eagerly waiting for the polls to punish the present rulers,” he said.

Former Industries Minister and election wing joint secretary of the party Nainar Nagendran said the public, who were struggling to lead an ordinary life owing to inflation, were being punished by the corporation by increasing the property tax while nothing was being done to strengthen infrastructure such as roads, streetlights and drinking water.

Sankarankovil MLA C. Karuppasamy, former MLAs R.P. Adityan, Murugaiah Pandian, Manickaraj, former Mayor A. Jayarani, Tirunelveli City district secretary of AIADMK ‘Popular’ Muthiah were among those who participated in the demonstration.