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Lack of quorum in Coimbatore Corporation meeting
May 26 , 2025
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- Normally, the Council meeting starts at 10.30 a.m.
- But it had less than 25% of the members out of the 100 wards.
- So, the mayor was forced to seek support from the miniscule members present to help pass the resolutions tabled at the monthly council meeting
- Normally, the Mayor, after the customary address, would announce the resolutions as unanimously passed following which the five zone chairpersons air their grievances.
- Then the opposition leader would speak and the others would take turns to express their views.
- The resolutions, according to the officials, were “very important” and had to get the stamp of approval from the council.
- These alone would get sanction of funds for laying roads in the city.
- However, when the mayor took up the resolutions, the opposition party councillor opposed it stating that it would not be proper to pass the resolution when there was lack of quorum in the House.
- Normally, the question hour would take around 120 minutes or even more.
- However, due to the presence of less than one-third of the councillors, the meeting got over in less than 70 minutes.
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