Thrissur : Congress councilors attacked the Thrissur town mayor in the midst of a meeting on Friday. Assaulted in the incident was Mayor MK Varghese. Inside the meeting hall, the opposition councilors created chaos demanding that the Masterplan for city development be cancelled. Incidentally, the draft plan was prepared during Congress tenure. The Mayor read out the minutes of that meeting to inform how the master plan was originally framed by Congress. The revelation left opposition councilors fumbling for answers and they instead responded with physical attack on the Mayor.
The attack by Congress and BJP councilors occurred at the special meeting called Friday on demand from the Opposition members. As the meeting began, the Mayor read out explanatory note on the master plan. The Congress Council with 47-member majority in 2012 had approved the master plan, Mayor CK Varghese pointed out, adding that, there would be no going back on the plan now. He also read decisions taken at that meeting and laid facts meticulously to counter BJP argument that the master plan ran against preservation of heritage. The mayor distributed his explanatory note among the waiting media. With this, the Opposition councilors Suresh Kuar, Laly James and Sanoj Kumar turned to attack. The Mayor said he will launch a police complaint on the assault unleashed on him.
