Communist Party of India (Marxist) plans to intensify the agitation against the steep hike in property tax by Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation. Addressing a public meeting, the party State Secretary B.V. Raghavulu on Friday said while people were reeling under severe hardship due to price rise and several other taxes, the GVMC chose to increase the property tax between 100 per cent and 1,000 per cent.Demanding immediate withdrawal of the notified tax hike, he promised to be with people of in fighting for their right. Terming the letter of Member of Parliament Kishore Chandra Deo to Union Minister for Mining as a well-rehearsed strategy of the Congress Government, Mr. Raghavulu took strong objection to the permission given to the construction of a port at Nakkapalli to export Bauxite mined in Sapparla, Ananthagiri, Chintapalli and Araku.
Tribals of Visakhapatnam district were being cheated as even an alumina plant was being permitted at Makavarapalem, which showed the scant respect for the welfare of the native people and the environmental protection. Criticising the Congress for destabilising the Left Government with constant attack on some pretext or other with the help of Trinamul Congress in West Bengal, he took exception to alleged coming together of Congress, Trinamul Congress to fight the Left parties in the forthcoming polls. CPI (M) district secretary Ch. Narasinga Rao and Steel Plant Division secretary D.Ch. Venkateswara Rao participated in the public meeting.
(Courtesy : The Hindu)
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