People irrespective of caste , creed political opinions of Chittagong are continuing the protest and processions against the Mayor of Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) and ward councilors for increasing the holding taxes abnormally.
After sending a letter by president of Chittagong City Awami League and former mayor of Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) A B M Mohiuddin Chowdhury, another former mayor M Manjur Alam also sent a letter to incumbent mayor A J M Nasir Uddin recently protesting the increase in holding taxes.
M Manjur Alam urged the incumbent mayor Nasir Uddin not to increase the taxes as the service is yet to be improved ion the port city. He sent a letter to incumbent mayor Nasir Uddin on Sunday saying the process of fixation of taxes by the incumbent CCC body is creating dissatisfaction among the Chittagong people. So, the mayor should review the decision of increasing the taxes.
He also said when he took the charge of mayor of CCC, there were one lakh and 25 thousand holdings in 41 wards and CCC got Tk 19 crore as holding tax. Later, the assessment of taxes was Tk 120 crore. “But, I saw that CCC fixed the target of holding taxes in last budget Tk 851 crore which is a burden on the people of Chittagong.” He observed that although the Mayor did nothing in the current tenure, the CCC is increasing taxes. He urged the mayor A J M Nasir Uddin not to increase taxes without increasing the services of CCC. Earlier, on October 4, president of Chittagong City Awami League and former mayor of Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) A B M Mohiuddin Chowdhury sent a letter to Nasir Uddin.
In the letter, he urged the mayor not to increase the holding taxes by the name of reassessment. A B M Mohiuddin Chowdhury requested the CCC authorities not to increase the holding taxes by the name of reassessment.
