Din in Thrissur Corporation council as LDF alleges ruling UDF of withholding order on property tax revision

LDF councillors stop Thrissur Mayor Niji Justin during a protest held at the Corporation on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: K.K. NAJEEB

Left Democratic Front (LDF) councillors staged a protest at the Thrissur Corporation council meeting on Tuesday, accusing the United Democratic Front (UDF)-led administration of withholding a Keralam government order directing it to implement a Supreme Court ruling on the property tax revision introduced in 2015.

According to the LDF, the Supreme Court set aside the revised property tax rates for the period from 2016 to 2022 because the Corporation’s 2015 UDF council had failed to publish the final notification on the revision as required under the municipal rules.