A Block Development Officer attached to the Uthangarai
Panchayat Union in Krishnagiri district was allegedly abused by union
chairman V. Krishnan in the presence of the Uthangarai MLA Manoranjitham
Nagaraj on Tuesday.
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| Memorandum submitted to the Collector |
A meeting was convened to thank
Chief Minister Jayalalithaa for her efforts to get the final award of
the Cauvery Water Tribunal in the government Gazette, but ended up in
abusing an official.
Angered over this, officials and
employees of the office of the BDO staged a demonstration demanding an
unconditional apology from the chairman.
Presiding
over the demonstration, V. Raja, district president of Tamil Nadu Rural
Development Officials Association, said being an elected representative
for the union, comprising over 30 village panchayats, he should have
shown minimum courtesy in treating the officials with respect.
His
dictatorial attitude towards the officials and employees of the
panchayat union had left them in the lurch. Many a time he was
threatening them to break the rules, Mr. Raja said.
Later,
the district-level office-bearers met Collector T.P. Rajesh and
submitted a memorandum demanding action against the union chairman.
