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CHENNAI: The CPI(M) State committee on Wednesday warned that it would demolish the wall preventing the entry of the Dalits into the caste Hindu areas at Uthapuram in Madurai district, if the State government and the district administration failed to remove it by May-end. CPI(M) State secretary N. Varadharajan told reporters that the party’s general secretary Prakash Karat would visit Uthapuram on May 7 with other leaders to see the 600-metre wall. “We will wait till the end of May. If no action is taken, the CPI(M), along with the other Left parties, will mobilise people and demolish the wall,” he said when asked about the next course of action. Accusing the district administration of remaining indifferent to the “cruel manifestation of untouchability,” Mr. Varadharajan said the DMK government should take bold steps to demolish the wall. “It is a shame for Tamil Nadu.” G. Ramakrishnan, central committee member of the party, said untouchability prevailed in Tamil Nadu in many forms and the party had done a survey on it. “The two-tumbler system is one of the many forms. In many villages Dalits cannot share the chair with the caste Hindus in the saloons. There will be a separate chair. Laundries will not wash their clothes.” Asked about the tea parties organised by the police department to bring the caste Hindus and the Dalits together, Mr. Varadharajan said it was an eyewash. The CPI(M) leader said as part of the nationwide protest against price rise on May 15, the State unit would mobilise a lakh people across Tamil Nadu. Ban on online trading of 25 agricultural products identified by the Parliament Standing Committee, action against hoarders, distribution of pulses and other food products through the Public Distribution System and streamlining the PDS are the four ways that would control the spiralling prices, he said. He urged Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss to give up the decision to close down the Pasteur institute at Coonoor and the Kings Institute in Chennai. There was no need to allow the private vaccine manufacturing companies when the public sector companies were doing a good job. Condemning the police action against the workers of Hyundai car company, who were protesting against the removal of the union flag hoisted at the entrance of the factory on April 30, Mr. Varadharajan said Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi should intervene and secure the workers’ right to form unions. Fascist tendenciesHe criticised the elimination of criminals in encounters. “If the police are allowed to take law into their hands it will lead to fascist tendencies. Deal with them legally,” he said. Asked about Union Shipping Minister T.R. Baalu’s letter to the Petroleum Ministry seeking special allocation for his son’s factory, the CPI(M) leader said the party would announce its stand after the Petroleum Minister gave his explanation in Parliament.
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