Southern States - Tamil Nadu-Chennai

28 resolutions passed in five minutes

By Our Staff Reporter

CHENNAI May 21. Bereft of question hour and zero hour, the Chennai Corporation council today passed 28 resolutions in five minutes in a session that had no discussions.

With the election code of conduct in force, no tenders relating to grant of works or new schemes were discussed. Most of the tenders were related to retirement of Corporation staff and related benefits.

The Mayor, M.K. Stalin, read out the resolutions, with both the treasury and the opposition benches giving their assent readily. The BJP corporator, P.S.S. Dhanushkodi, registered a protest stating that the scrapping of zero hour was not ``fair''. He was overruled by the Mayor, who said the zero hour was scrapped only on the request of the ruling and opposition party leaders.

Later, the Mayor administered the anti-terrorism oath to the councillors and Corporation officials.

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