Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam general secretary Jayalalithaa on Saturday said her party was yet to finalise its strategy on the presidential poll candidature and no concrete proposal had been brought to her so far by any one.
She was talking to journalists here before leaving for Chennai after participating in the conference on “National Counter-Terrorism Centre.”
Ms. Jayalalithaa was replying to a question on whether her party would support Pranab Mukherjee for the post.
Ms. Jayalalithaa's statement comes even as her arch rival and DMK president M. Karunanidhi announced in Chennai that the DMK would support Mr. Mukherjee if all the parties in the UPA rallied behind him.
The AIADMK has nine members in the Lok Sabha, five in the Rajya Sabha and 149 members in the Assembly. During the 2007 presidential poll the AIADMK supported NDA's nominee Bhairon Singh Shekhawat and in the 2002 poll both the AIADMK and the DMK voted for A.P.J. Abdul Kalam for the post. Mr. Kalam hails from Ramanathapuram district in Tamil Nadu.
On Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's observation that the NCTC was not a Centre versus States issue, Ms. Jayalalithaa said: “that is not the perception of the Chief Ministers.”
On the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant, she said the project was set to generate power in about 10 days.
About the Mullaperiyar dam issue, she said her government's stand was vindicated by the Supreme Court-appointed Empowered Committee's report which concluded that the reservoir was safe. “That is what we have been saying all along,” she said.
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Why should they propose Mr Pranab Mukherjee,he will be another rubber stamp president,prostrate for Sonia.There are people like Mr Santosh Hegde and Mr Kalam Narayana moorthy.
The UPA Centre regime and its leaders have no credibility and cannot be trusted after they collaborated with the SL regime in committing human rights abuses and crimes against humanity committed against the Tamils as well as they have failed to follow the Gandhian principles and demand for Rule of Law, Equality, Respect Transparency and Human Rights. The WikiLeaks has exposed the UPA regime leaders actions to the world.
Selvi Jeyalalithaa is smart enough to judge and decide in the best interest of Tamils.
Ms,Jayalalitha should change her attitude and shed her arrogance so that other political party leaders can talk to her freely and share their views on the important matters like electing the President of India.Most of the
national party leaders and regional party leaders in India is easily accessible and approachable to even common people,but in Ms,Jayalalitha's case even her party leaders/her cabinet Ministers are lucky enough if they get a glimpse of her.
The honourable chief minister of TN must try to build a consensus around a suitable candidate like Kalam, Santosh Hegde, Narayan Murthy etc, if the government is not willing to build a consensus candidate The fact that the government has not approached the non central government chief ministers is a sign of its arrogance.
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