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Deputy Mayor M L Rosy raised serious allegations against Mayor M K Varghese at the council meeting on Saturday.
Mayor Arya Rajendran said that the civic body will communicate the decision to the state government.
The mayor's emotional outbreak in front of the Thiruvanathapuram Medical College Hospital comes amid criticisms about the corporation's inefficiency in clearing drains and pipes in the state capital.
He said he was praying for the life of the missing worker.
A man can barely stand upright in the tunnel and more than half of it is filled with waste.
Tharoor argued that humans should not be employed for such hazardous tasks when modern techniques are available to handle them.
Former minister V S Sunil Kumar said CPI can no longer accept M K Varghese as a Left-backed Mayor.
Priya Ajayan had cited personal reasons for stepping down from the chairperson's role.
The BJP has yet to announce a candidate even as the 52-member council will vote to select a new chairperson on Monday.
Development Standing Committee Chairman P K Ragesh grabbed the mic from Mayor T O Mohanan during the inauguration of the Sewage Treatment Plant at Padannappalam in Kannur on Saturday.