Asked about Sri Lanka’s Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Dr. Rajitha Senaratne saying that there is no possibility of releasing the 63 boats of Tamil Nadu fishermen taken into custody along with the arrests of the fishermen though President Rajapaksa ordered release of all Indian fishermen languishing in prisons there, DMK President Kalaignar on Aug 19 said the Lankan regime is speaking contradictorily like this misleading the Indian government. The Lankan President pretended as if he was concerned about Tamil Nadu fishermen and having respect for independence of India. But their Minister firmly ruled out releasing 62 boats of TN fishermen, without which they could not carry out their profession for their livelihood. Fishermen of Rameswaram were on strike for 24th day demanding the release of confiscated motorised boats. Union Minister Pon Radhakrishnan was holding talks with them on the issue on behalf of the Union government, but Tamil Nadu government, he asked.
On the report that those who were affected by the fraud to the tune of several crore rupees committed by a person claiming to be a relative of Sasikala, gheraoing hid residence, Kalaignar said such frauds were routine. A reader of ‘The Hindu’ (Tamil) from Tuticorin complained in the Readers column that claiming to be Sasikala’s relative an ADMK functionary defrauded to the tune of several crore contract workers serving in hospitals and hence he would gherao the person residence and agitate. Accordingly over fifty persons from all over Tamil Nadu had resorted to the agitation. They had told reporters that the person had collected from each from Rs. 60,000 to Rs. 1.5 lakh from 475 contract workers promising to confirm their service and handed over the collected money to ADMK as their party fund and he had duped them saying the file relating to them had been forwarded to the Chief Minister for her signature.
Asked about Lok Sabha Deputy Speaker M. Thambidurai saying in Karur that getting the Deputy Speaker post was akin to participating in the regime, Kalaignar said in the past whenever the Centre committed anything wrong Jayalalitha used to say the Centre in which DMK was a constituent. “Similarly can’t we also say the present government in which the ADMK is a constituent”, he asked.
On the report of the police refusing permission to install welcome placards when DMK Treasurer Thalapathi M.K.Stalin came to Madurai on Aug 1 to address a public meeting on ‘The Peril of democracy in TN Assembly’ even while they allowed welcome banners throughout the city in connection with the visit of Chief Minister Jayalalitha on Aug 22, Kalaignar said that it they seemed to have proved that it was not only in the State Assembly that democracy was in peril but throughout the State.
To another question on TN occupying the first place in the list of maximum suicides in South India, Kalaignar said the National Crime Records Bureau showed that TN was in the list of more housewives committing suicide and occupied first place in south India. According to the report of the NCRB for 2013, that total number of suicides in TN was 3,545, In AP 2,619, Karnataka 2,288 and Kerala 1,437. Housewives who committed suicide Kerala 1,045, Karnataka 1,674, AP 1,912 and TN 2,596. Kalaignar sarcastically suggested that following Mullaiperiyar felicitation function (for Jayalalitha) they could organise a felicitation function for taking TN to ‘unparalleled’ place in suicides.
On water from Mettur dam not tail end areas even one week after opening, Kalaignar said he had told even before the opening of the dam that canals should be desilted and referred to complaints last year about the same difficulty due to which the farmers could not properly use water. Plants of pistia stratiotes and jatrophamultiphida had wildly grown in canals, tanks and water bodies were impinging on water flow to tail end areas. There were reports that despite claims of desilting, no works were carried out and farmers complained that they carried out only nominal works and hence water had not reached tail end areas. Kalaignar was apprehensive of the condition of delta farmers who had undertaken arrangements for samba cultivation believing the opening of the dam.
Asked about the Salem district administration promulgating prohibitory orders under Sec 144 even after the High Court granted permission for the Education conference of Viduthalai Ciruthaikal Katchi when the State government did not give it, Kalaignar referred to Chief Minister Jayalalitha claiming in the Assembly that permission was liberally given for the stirs and events of opposition parties for which this incident was an illustration. Appreciating the High Court grating permission, Kalaignar said this regime wantonly promulgation 144 prohibitory orders without respecting the court directive for preventing the gathering of crowds at the event of the VCK was a cheap tactics like concealing comb before the wedding. 17th was also the birth day of the President of VCK Thirumavalavan. Obstructing the event like this showed as to how much these rulers respected (?) opposition parties.
Over 7,200 persons who were selected for jobs in cooperative banks and societies were waiting for appointment orders for two years. Examination were conducted through Cooperative Service Commission on 9.12.2012 for vacancies of 5,389 junior assistants for which 2,23,000 appeared. Interviews and verification of certificates for those who passed the written test was conducted on 28.12.2012. Later interview and verification of certificates was again conducted in the office of Joint Commissioner of Cooperatives office in January 2013. In the meanwhile, a petition alleging irregularity in the selection in the Madras High Court and the court cancelled the selection. An appeal was filed in the first Bench of the High Court on behalf of the 7,200 selected persons and the bench on July 15 directed the Cooperative Employees Service Commission to release the answers for the examination and cut off marks. Even over one month after the judgement so far no appointment was made.
About incidents of chain snatching from women becoming a daily affair in Chennai, Kalaignar said so also murders in the State have become daily affairs indicating law and order situation going out of control. Even the pro-regime periodical ‘Junior Vikatan’ in an article under the heading ‘Return of Thieves’ stated, “After assuming power, Jayalalitha proudly claimed that robbers in TN have got frightened and took to heels to other states. But people ask whether those who ran away have come back. The reason for the doubt is the incidents of chain snatchings reported in Chennai during the last few months. On the last 26th alone there were nine such incidents in Chennai”. But in her reply to the debate on grants for Home department, Jayalalitha has proudly claimed, “On the advices given by the government led by me now and then and on encouragement, the police department worked very well in maintaining law and order and preventing crimes. Without any law and order problem peace is prevailing in the State”. ‘Should not there be some basic truth to feel proud about the situation’, Kalaignar asked.
Asked about dumping of V.Maithreyan who was raising voice for ADMK in the Rajya Sabha, Kalaignar said people used to place some Kolu dolls in the upper row during Navarathri and the next day they would be shifted down to the lower rows and on the next day placed in some other place. This is happening there (in ADMK)! Where is the person who was the Speaker of the Assembly some years back? If he was removed for some mistake, now he is given the post of Chairman of a Board, has the mistake been rectified? In that series we don’t know what mistake Maithreyan committed. On his removal ‘The Times of India’ has reported, “Sources said Jayalalitha decided to drop Maitreyan from both posts after internal contradictions over floor strategy on the judicial appointments bill stood exposed. While ADMK’s 37 MPs in Lok Sabha abstained from voting on August 13, the 11 members in the Upper House, including Maitreyan, voted in its favour the following day. ADMK had earlier demanded amendments to the bill to introduce state judicial commissions that would shortlist names of judges for high courts, but Union law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad ruled it out saying it would create an “unmanageable situation”. “The party’s dual stand could have been avoided. It came as an embarrassment for the leader and cost Maitreyan his posts,” a senior ADMK leader told TOI. But a section of ADMK members in Rajya Sabha insist they were “instructed” by the leadership to back the bill. “BJP leaders were pressurizing our party to support the bill in the RS. Until the previous night, we were told to abstain from voting. But we got permission to support the bill in the morning,” said another ADMK leader”. “Whatever it be, removing one from a post and giving a post is the internal affair of that party and hence I don’t want to interfere in it”, Kalaignar said.
On the report that those who were affected by the fraud to the tune of several crore rupees committed by a person claiming to be a relative of Sasikala, gheraoing hid residence, Kalaignar said such frauds were routine. A reader of ‘The Hindu’ (Tamil) from Tuticorin complained in the Readers column that claiming to be Sasikala’s relative an ADMK functionary defrauded to the tune of several crore contract workers serving in hospitals and hence he would gherao the person residence and agitate. Accordingly over fifty persons from all over Tamil Nadu had resorted to the agitation. They had told reporters that the person had collected from each from Rs. 60,000 to Rs. 1.5 lakh from 475 contract workers promising to confirm their service and handed over the collected money to ADMK as their party fund and he had duped them saying the file relating to them had been forwarded to the Chief Minister for her signature.
Asked about Lok Sabha Deputy Speaker M. Thambidurai saying in Karur that getting the Deputy Speaker post was akin to participating in the regime, Kalaignar said in the past whenever the Centre committed anything wrong Jayalalitha used to say the Centre in which DMK was a constituent. “Similarly can’t we also say the present government in which the ADMK is a constituent”, he asked.
On the report of the police refusing permission to install welcome placards when DMK Treasurer Thalapathi M.K.Stalin came to Madurai on Aug 1 to address a public meeting on ‘The Peril of democracy in TN Assembly’ even while they allowed welcome banners throughout the city in connection with the visit of Chief Minister Jayalalitha on Aug 22, Kalaignar said that it they seemed to have proved that it was not only in the State Assembly that democracy was in peril but throughout the State.
To another question on TN occupying the first place in the list of maximum suicides in South India, Kalaignar said the National Crime Records Bureau showed that TN was in the list of more housewives committing suicide and occupied first place in south India. According to the report of the NCRB for 2013, that total number of suicides in TN was 3,545, In AP 2,619, Karnataka 2,288 and Kerala 1,437. Housewives who committed suicide Kerala 1,045, Karnataka 1,674, AP 1,912 and TN 2,596. Kalaignar sarcastically suggested that following Mullaiperiyar felicitation function (for Jayalalitha) they could organise a felicitation function for taking TN to ‘unparalleled’ place in suicides.
On water from Mettur dam not tail end areas even one week after opening, Kalaignar said he had told even before the opening of the dam that canals should be desilted and referred to complaints last year about the same difficulty due to which the farmers could not properly use water. Plants of pistia stratiotes and jatrophamultiphida had wildly grown in canals, tanks and water bodies were impinging on water flow to tail end areas. There were reports that despite claims of desilting, no works were carried out and farmers complained that they carried out only nominal works and hence water had not reached tail end areas. Kalaignar was apprehensive of the condition of delta farmers who had undertaken arrangements for samba cultivation believing the opening of the dam.
Asked about the Salem district administration promulgating prohibitory orders under Sec 144 even after the High Court granted permission for the Education conference of Viduthalai Ciruthaikal Katchi when the State government did not give it, Kalaignar referred to Chief Minister Jayalalitha claiming in the Assembly that permission was liberally given for the stirs and events of opposition parties for which this incident was an illustration. Appreciating the High Court grating permission, Kalaignar said this regime wantonly promulgation 144 prohibitory orders without respecting the court directive for preventing the gathering of crowds at the event of the VCK was a cheap tactics like concealing comb before the wedding. 17th was also the birth day of the President of VCK Thirumavalavan. Obstructing the event like this showed as to how much these rulers respected (?) opposition parties.
Over 7,200 persons who were selected for jobs in cooperative banks and societies were waiting for appointment orders for two years. Examination were conducted through Cooperative Service Commission on 9.12.2012 for vacancies of 5,389 junior assistants for which 2,23,000 appeared. Interviews and verification of certificates for those who passed the written test was conducted on 28.12.2012. Later interview and verification of certificates was again conducted in the office of Joint Commissioner of Cooperatives office in January 2013. In the meanwhile, a petition alleging irregularity in the selection in the Madras High Court and the court cancelled the selection. An appeal was filed in the first Bench of the High Court on behalf of the 7,200 selected persons and the bench on July 15 directed the Cooperative Employees Service Commission to release the answers for the examination and cut off marks. Even over one month after the judgement so far no appointment was made.
About incidents of chain snatching from women becoming a daily affair in Chennai, Kalaignar said so also murders in the State have become daily affairs indicating law and order situation going out of control. Even the pro-regime periodical ‘Junior Vikatan’ in an article under the heading ‘Return of Thieves’ stated, “After assuming power, Jayalalitha proudly claimed that robbers in TN have got frightened and took to heels to other states. But people ask whether those who ran away have come back. The reason for the doubt is the incidents of chain snatchings reported in Chennai during the last few months. On the last 26th alone there were nine such incidents in Chennai”. But in her reply to the debate on grants for Home department, Jayalalitha has proudly claimed, “On the advices given by the government led by me now and then and on encouragement, the police department worked very well in maintaining law and order and preventing crimes. Without any law and order problem peace is prevailing in the State”. ‘Should not there be some basic truth to feel proud about the situation’, Kalaignar asked.
Asked about dumping of V.Maithreyan who was raising voice for ADMK in the Rajya Sabha, Kalaignar said people used to place some Kolu dolls in the upper row during Navarathri and the next day they would be shifted down to the lower rows and on the next day placed in some other place. This is happening there (in ADMK)! Where is the person who was the Speaker of the Assembly some years back? If he was removed for some mistake, now he is given the post of Chairman of a Board, has the mistake been rectified? In that series we don’t know what mistake Maithreyan committed. On his removal ‘The Times of India’ has reported, “Sources said Jayalalitha decided to drop Maitreyan from both posts after internal contradictions over floor strategy on the judicial appointments bill stood exposed. While ADMK’s 37 MPs in Lok Sabha abstained from voting on August 13, the 11 members in the Upper House, including Maitreyan, voted in its favour the following day. ADMK had earlier demanded amendments to the bill to introduce state judicial commissions that would shortlist names of judges for high courts, but Union law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad ruled it out saying it would create an “unmanageable situation”. “The party’s dual stand could have been avoided. It came as an embarrassment for the leader and cost Maitreyan his posts,” a senior ADMK leader told TOI. But a section of ADMK members in Rajya Sabha insist they were “instructed” by the leadership to back the bill. “BJP leaders were pressurizing our party to support the bill in the RS. Until the previous night, we were told to abstain from voting. But we got permission to support the bill in the morning,” said another ADMK leader”. “Whatever it be, removing one from a post and giving a post is the internal affair of that party and hence I don’t want to interfere in it”, Kalaignar said.
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