Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Wednesday said the government “derives no pleasure” in increasing the property tax, but was under compulsion to do it.
“Otherwise we will not get funds for the local bodies. The hike, however, will not affect 83% of the people in the urban areas. That is why the media also supports the hike in property tax,” he said, responding to a special calling attention motion moved by the Opposition parties in the Legislative Assembly.
The principal opposition party, AIADMK, led by former Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami staged a walkout, alleging that the DMK had failed in its promise that it would not increase the property tax.
