DMK Treasurer Thalapathi M K Stalin slammed the ruling ADMK MLAs and Chief Minister Jayalalitha for denial of opportunity to DMK members to raise various issues concerning the welfare of the state in the Assembly.
The tradition of Chief Ministers according respect to leaders of the Opposition parties during debates in the Assembly has been given a short shift by the ADMK government, Stalin alleged on Aug 1.
Addressing a public meeting on ‘The plight of democracy in the Assembly,’ organised by the party in Madurai, he recalled how the former Chief Ministers and leaders such as Kamarajar, Anna, Kalaignar and M.G.R allowed Opposition members to even make personal attacks in the Assembly. “But now, Opposition parties are not allowed even to raise issues of public importance,” he said.
He said that the Tamil Nadu Assembly had seen illustrious Speakers like U. Krishna Rao, Chellapandiyan, S.B.Adityan, Munu Adhi, K.A.Mathialagan, K.Rajaram, Tamilkudimagan, PTR Palanivelrajan, K.Kalaimuthu and R.Avudayappan presiding over the proceedings but the present incumbent is seen by people differently as an eye sore.
Rule 110 was not meant for announcing projects but only for informing the House on urgent matters of public importance, which should not be criticised.
All Chief Ministers had used the rule only for the purpose it was meant. But Jayalalitha used this rule only for announcing projects/schemes. But they have not implemented even one percent of projects announced like that. In 14 days of the present session 25 demands for grants for various departments had been adopted. The works to be undertaken by each department had to be announced.
So far the Ministers had made 264 announcements, the estimated amount of which was Rs. 664 crore. On every day the Chief Minister has read out 18 statements under rule 110 for 92 announcements worth Rs.20,831 crore.
In the last three years Jayalalitha has announced projects for over Rs.50,000 crore of which not even on worth Rs. One crore had been implemented. This is not a functioning government but only an announcing government, Stalin said adding opportunities were refused to raise all these in the Assembly.
Stalin said deliberate attempts were being made by the ruling party members to make “cheap and defaming remarks” against DMK President Kalaignar in the Assembly.
Stalin reeled out statistics on incidences of crime in Tamil Nadu (Till July 31 since she assumed power, there were 3,525 murders, 1,352 thefts, 11,120 chain snatchings and 1,023 robberies) and demanded a reply from Jayalalitha on the law and order situation in the State. Stalin alleged that since they were not allowed to raise the issues democratically in the Assembly, the DMK was taking up the issues to people through the public meeting.
The meeting was organized in the wake of speaker P Dhanapal suspending DMK MLAs from the Tamil Nadu legislative Assembly for the rest of the session as their “conduct was not in consonance with the dignity of the House.”
Stating that suspending them was unfair and undemocratic, Stalin said that they were only raising various issues concerning welfare of public in the Assembly.
“We are elected representatives of an assembly segment. But we are not allowed to raise problems faced by the public in our constituency,” he alleged. Stalin said that ADMK members were going beyond preventing them to speak and deliberately defame Kalaignar. “How can we tolerate when Thalaivar was deliberately defamed?” Stalin asked in reasoning DMK’s walk out from the Assembly proceedings.
Stalin said that out of 15 days the Assembly session was held, DMK members participated in the proceedings on nine days and staged walkout on six days.
“Walking out is a conventional way of expressing a party’s displeasure if their demands are not met or if the ruling party fails to give satisfactory replies to the issues raised by them,” he said.
He also said that DMK members only wanted a proper discussion on the Moulivakkam building collapse, but were denied permission to speak on the issue. “We walked out. But State Housing Minister Vaithilingam used an unparliamentary word to refer us,” Stalin alleged.
Thiru Stalin said that in the subsequent days also they were not allowed to raise the other problems like price rise. The rally was part of a State-wide protest organised by the party. Kalaignar addressed a rally in Chennai on July 31.
Reception: Earlier, on his arrival at Madurai airport Stalin was given a rousing reception by functionaries and thousands of party cadre. Later he visited ailing veteran party member Karu. Thyagarajan and enquired about his health. He also went to the residence of Thottanderi Subramanian, a party veteran who recently expired, and offered floral tributes to his portrait. He was accompanied by former Ministers Pon.Muthuramalingam, I.Periyasamy and KKSSR Ramachandran, district secretary P.Murthy and others.
Summons issued: Meanwhile, the principal sessions court in Chennai has served summons on Stalin and CPI(M) State secretary G. Ramakrishnan to appear on September 3 and 2 respectively in connection with the defamation cases filed against them by Chief Minister Jayalalitha.
The tradition of Chief Ministers according respect to leaders of the Opposition parties during debates in the Assembly has been given a short shift by the ADMK government, Stalin alleged on Aug 1.
Addressing a public meeting on ‘The plight of democracy in the Assembly,’ organised by the party in Madurai, he recalled how the former Chief Ministers and leaders such as Kamarajar, Anna, Kalaignar and M.G.R allowed Opposition members to even make personal attacks in the Assembly. “But now, Opposition parties are not allowed even to raise issues of public importance,” he said.
He said that the Tamil Nadu Assembly had seen illustrious Speakers like U. Krishna Rao, Chellapandiyan, S.B.Adityan, Munu Adhi, K.A.Mathialagan, K.Rajaram, Tamilkudimagan, PTR Palanivelrajan, K.Kalaimuthu and R.Avudayappan presiding over the proceedings but the present incumbent is seen by people differently as an eye sore.
Rule 110 was not meant for announcing projects but only for informing the House on urgent matters of public importance, which should not be criticised.
All Chief Ministers had used the rule only for the purpose it was meant. But Jayalalitha used this rule only for announcing projects/schemes. But they have not implemented even one percent of projects announced like that. In 14 days of the present session 25 demands for grants for various departments had been adopted. The works to be undertaken by each department had to be announced.
So far the Ministers had made 264 announcements, the estimated amount of which was Rs. 664 crore. On every day the Chief Minister has read out 18 statements under rule 110 for 92 announcements worth Rs.20,831 crore.
In the last three years Jayalalitha has announced projects for over Rs.50,000 crore of which not even on worth Rs. One crore had been implemented. This is not a functioning government but only an announcing government, Stalin said adding opportunities were refused to raise all these in the Assembly.
Stalin said deliberate attempts were being made by the ruling party members to make “cheap and defaming remarks” against DMK President Kalaignar in the Assembly.
Stalin reeled out statistics on incidences of crime in Tamil Nadu (Till July 31 since she assumed power, there were 3,525 murders, 1,352 thefts, 11,120 chain snatchings and 1,023 robberies) and demanded a reply from Jayalalitha on the law and order situation in the State. Stalin alleged that since they were not allowed to raise the issues democratically in the Assembly, the DMK was taking up the issues to people through the public meeting.
The meeting was organized in the wake of speaker P Dhanapal suspending DMK MLAs from the Tamil Nadu legislative Assembly for the rest of the session as their “conduct was not in consonance with the dignity of the House.”
Stating that suspending them was unfair and undemocratic, Stalin said that they were only raising various issues concerning welfare of public in the Assembly.
“We are elected representatives of an assembly segment. But we are not allowed to raise problems faced by the public in our constituency,” he alleged. Stalin said that ADMK members were going beyond preventing them to speak and deliberately defame Kalaignar. “How can we tolerate when Thalaivar was deliberately defamed?” Stalin asked in reasoning DMK’s walk out from the Assembly proceedings.
Stalin said that out of 15 days the Assembly session was held, DMK members participated in the proceedings on nine days and staged walkout on six days.
“Walking out is a conventional way of expressing a party’s displeasure if their demands are not met or if the ruling party fails to give satisfactory replies to the issues raised by them,” he said.
He also said that DMK members only wanted a proper discussion on the Moulivakkam building collapse, but were denied permission to speak on the issue. “We walked out. But State Housing Minister Vaithilingam used an unparliamentary word to refer us,” Stalin alleged.
Thiru Stalin said that in the subsequent days also they were not allowed to raise the other problems like price rise. The rally was part of a State-wide protest organised by the party. Kalaignar addressed a rally in Chennai on July 31.
Reception: Earlier, on his arrival at Madurai airport Stalin was given a rousing reception by functionaries and thousands of party cadre. Later he visited ailing veteran party member Karu. Thyagarajan and enquired about his health. He also went to the residence of Thottanderi Subramanian, a party veteran who recently expired, and offered floral tributes to his portrait. He was accompanied by former Ministers Pon.Muthuramalingam, I.Periyasamy and KKSSR Ramachandran, district secretary P.Murthy and others.
Summons issued: Meanwhile, the principal sessions court in Chennai has served summons on Stalin and CPI(M) State secretary G. Ramakrishnan to appear on September 3 and 2 respectively in connection with the defamation cases filed against them by Chief Minister Jayalalitha.
No comments:
Post a Comment