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Daijiworld Media Network - Mangalore (MD)
Mangalore, Jun 11: JD(S) party workers on Wednesday June 11 protested in front of Mangalore City Corporation for allegedly abusing their party corporator Abdul Azeez.
The protestors were referring to the chaos that erupted at the MCC office on Tuesday June 10 after residents of Kandak protested against the proposed ice plant in their area. The additional town planning officer (ATPO) had alleged that the protest was a conspiracy by corporator Azeez.
The JD(S) members picketed outside the MCC building against the officials for not responding to their needs and for not taking action against ATPO Shivaraj. When the protestors tried to gatecrash into the building, the police stopped them.
S P Chengappa, a JD(S) member said, "We are protesting against corrupt officers like Shivaraj. There are two JD(S) corporators and rest all are BJP and Congress corporators. They are building the ice plant illegally and the MCC commissioner should throw the ATPO Shivaraj out of MCC."
When the people tried to enter the office, police blocked them and the protesters then started to demand to see MCC commissioner Ajith Kumar Hegde.
Finally, the Ajith Hegde came out and accepted the appeal from the protesters, and assured that he would take the right decision after studying the matter.
A Vasanth Poojary, JD(S) general secretary, J Mohammed, corporator Abdul Azeez, Mohammed Kunhi, Ratnakar Suvarna, Ram Ganesh, Srinath Rai, Akshith Suvarna, R Dhanraj JD(S) working committee president and others were present during the protest.