Observing that Chief Minister Jayalalitha has so far announced projects worth Rs. 50,000 crore since she came to power in 2011, DMK Treasurer Thalapathi M.K.Stalin challenged her to release a white paper on the number of projects/schemes implemented among those announced by her in the Assembly.
Addressing a massive public meeting on ‘The Perils of Tamil Nadu Assembly’ in Tiruchi on Aug 2, Stalin said the members of opposition parties such as DMK, DMDK, Puthiya Thamizhagam and Manitha Neya Makkal Katchi were refused permission to speak on issues of their constituencies, basic problems and demands of people in the Assembly.
The ruling ADMK, with a scheme evicted the DMK members as they could not face the questions and charges raised by them. “Not only in the Assembly, there is no democracy even to the people of Tamil Nadu”, he said. When the session started on July 10, permission was refused for him to raise the issue of Maulivakkam building collapse with the Housing Minister Vaithialingam stating that the issue could not be debated as a judicial probe has been ordered. Hence the DMK members staged a walk out.
Walkout by parties from the House was a permitted democratic norm. The DMK members had to resort to walkouts as the Speaker refused permission to speak and ADMK members and ministers including the Chief Minister using un-parliamentary words. After their walkout, Minister Vaithialingam called them as ‘odukaaligal’ and when it was questioned on the next day, the Speaker ruled that the use of that word was not wrong. Thus the dignity of the historic Tamil Nadu Assembly was degraded by the ADMK rulers.
Democracy was dying and being assassinated daily in the Assembly. The only achievement of Jayalalitha regime was that Tamil Nadu stood second in the country in crimes like murders and robberies.
Stalin said that they had filed a case against him for telling press reporters outside the House what they could not raise inside. Hence they were telling them in the people’s court. “But I will not seek adjournments like her in the Bangalore court in the assets case and Chennai Metropolitan Magistrate court in the Income Tax Returns case and face the case”, he said.
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 read out 18 statements under rule 110 for 92 announcements for projects 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. He challenged Jayalalitha to place a white paper on the number of projects implemented out of those announced by her so far, before the end of the present session on Aug 12.
He called upon the party workers not to get disheartened by the electoral defeat and continue to take up the cause of people as ever and get prepared to safeguard the dying legislative democracy.
Tiruchi district DMK secretary and former Minister K.N.Nehru, former Minister N.Selvaraj and others participated.
Addressing a massive public meeting on ‘The Perils of Tamil Nadu Assembly’ in Tiruchi on Aug 2, Stalin said the members of opposition parties such as DMK, DMDK, Puthiya Thamizhagam and Manitha Neya Makkal Katchi were refused permission to speak on issues of their constituencies, basic problems and demands of people in the Assembly.
The ruling ADMK, with a scheme evicted the DMK members as they could not face the questions and charges raised by them. “Not only in the Assembly, there is no democracy even to the people of Tamil Nadu”, he said. When the session started on July 10, permission was refused for him to raise the issue of Maulivakkam building collapse with the Housing Minister Vaithialingam stating that the issue could not be debated as a judicial probe has been ordered. Hence the DMK members staged a walk out.
Walkout by parties from the House was a permitted democratic norm. The DMK members had to resort to walkouts as the Speaker refused permission to speak and ADMK members and ministers including the Chief Minister using un-parliamentary words. After their walkout, Minister Vaithialingam called them as ‘odukaaligal’ and when it was questioned on the next day, the Speaker ruled that the use of that word was not wrong. Thus the dignity of the historic Tamil Nadu Assembly was degraded by the ADMK rulers.
Democracy was dying and being assassinated daily in the Assembly. The only achievement of Jayalalitha regime was that Tamil Nadu stood second in the country in crimes like murders and robberies.
Stalin said that they had filed a case against him for telling press reporters outside the House what they could not raise inside. Hence they were telling them in the people’s court. “But I will not seek adjournments like her in the Bangalore court in the assets case and Chennai Metropolitan Magistrate court in the Income Tax Returns case and face the case”, he said.
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 read out 18 statements under rule 110 for 92 announcements for projects 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. He challenged Jayalalitha to place a white paper on the number of projects implemented out of those announced by her so far, before the end of the present session on Aug 12.
He called upon the party workers not to get disheartened by the electoral defeat and continue to take up the cause of people as ever and get prepared to safeguard the dying legislative democracy.
Tiruchi district DMK secretary and former Minister K.N.Nehru, former Minister N.Selvaraj and others participated.
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