NELLORE: The Communist Party of India (Marxist) has warned the Congress that it will not hesitate to withdraw its support to the ruling party from the Municipal Corporation of Nellore (MCN), if the latter fails to take up corrective measures to streamline the corporation affairs.

Support of the CPI (M), which has four corporators, is crucial for the survival of the ruling coalition as the Congress came to power in the corporation only with active support of the Left. The Congress has won 19 divisions while Telugu Desam Party (TDP) won 20, while the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) secured two and Independents five divisions. "If the ruling Congress is not sincere about checking corruption at all levels as well as taking up developmental works across the corporation, such a situation is bound to arise," CPI (M) senior leader and deputy Mayor of MCN Madala Venkateswarlu told reporters on Tuesday.

Taking a dig at the functioning of the corporation, he wondered about the withdrawal of Rs. 50 lakhs in cash without the mandatory register entry. He demanded a thorough investigation into the matter and the guilty be brought to book. Expressing concern over the alleged failure in drawing funds from various quarters, the deputy Mayor claimed that the corporation had failed to secure funds from the Department For International Development (DFID), which had assured supplementary resources for poverty alleviation to Government schemes and civil society.

It may be recalled that differences between the Congress and its alliance partner CPI (M) had come to the fore on several occasions and in particular on the issue pertaining to Visakhapatnam study tour.

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