Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) president and former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi on Wednesday said there was nothing for him to comment on the reports that investigating agencies were probing the role of Union Textiles Minister Dayanidhi Maran in the 2G spectrum case.
Citing Mr. Maran's statement made on Monday, the DMK leader told journalists here that Mr. Maran had already said he would face the case himself.
Earlier, addressing a function to solemnise the wedding of DMK organising secretary P.V. Kalyanasundaram's son Kadiravan, Mr. Karunanidhi said the DMK was not just a party or political movement but a symbol of Dravidian consciousness. Even though it had suffered an electoral defeat, its success in social work was out of the ordinary.
Recalling how he alone could win in the 1991 Assembly elections, Mr. Karunanidhi said the party later staged a comeback and captured power. For the first time, it was the DMK that had got 184 seats (in the 1971 polls) in the State, he pointed out.
Referring to the anti-corruption campaign by social activist Anna Hazare and Yoga guru Baba Ramdev, the DMK president, in a message to his party members, recounted how the DMK government introduced the Tamil Nadu Public Men (Criminal Misconduct) Bill in the Assembly in February 1973.
The legislation provided for the appointment of a Commissioner of Inquiries and Additional Commissioners to go into charges of criminal misconduct involving corruption. The Commissioner would be a person of the rank of High Court judge and the Additional Commissioners, of the rank of District Judges. It sought to cover persons including the Chief Minister, Ministers, Members of the Legislative Assembly or the Legislative Council, Mayors and Deputy Mayors. The Bill prescribed imprisonment for up to seven years. In April 1973, the House adopted the legislation.
But All-India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) founder M.G. Ramachandran described the legislation as a black Bill. The AIADMK government, which succeeded the DMK regime, repealed the law, Mr. Karunanidhi added.
The DMK's high-level committee would hold an emergency meeting on Friday at the Anna Arivalayam, according to a party release.
Keywords: 2G spectrum scam, Maran 2G scam, Dayanidhi Maran
I am from USA.as regards maran jayalalithas comments have points for removal of minister From cabinet is justified. We have seen ministers like Lal Bahadur Sastri who were example For historical example for honesty. People who come for power to loot are plenty nowadays. People who uses official power for their selfish ends are fit for treatment in Tihar jail.
Well,CM JJ is correct. At the same time, she is also responsible for Tansi and other scandals during her ruling.
The DMK and Mr.Karunanidhi in particular share a large proportion of the blame for the exponential increase in corruption in the state of Tamilnadu, and in India in general. To implicitly claim innocence here is not only a matter for shame, it is nothing less than a fraud on the vast majority of honest citizens. India's progress is stymied by the presence of parties such as the DMK, whose modus operandi is to whip up regional, casteist and divisive tendencies. That India progresses at all is a testament to the patience and ingenuity of its people, and not to the so called social work undertaken by outfits like the DMK.The DMK and its predecessor had some great leaders and espoused noble ideals. Mr.Karunanidhi was one of its promising leaders a long time ago. Unfortunately the party's record of governance with Mr.Karunanidhi at the helm has largely laid waste to these ideals and hopes. It is time for a new, fairer and more democratic political environment to revitalize the nation.
It is escapism in its basic form when the leader of the party from which the accused is a minister says that the minister will handle this personally. This shows the present state of weakness of the party. Mr.Karunanidhi should know better. Or probably he thinks that there is more for him thats going to come up in the near future for him to handle that he wont have time thinking over the problems of others in his party.
Mr Karunanidhi cannot give an abrupt answer like this. Mr Maran representing as a DMK member in Loksabha and contested on DMK symbol in South Madras. So as a Party President he has to come out cleanly about his stand as far as Maran's position is concerned in view of this latest report against Mr Dayanidhi Maran. Ms Jayalalitha is absolutely correct in her statement and also the people who voted for him feel they are cheated and disgraced. Overall the entire TN is expecting to come out from a scandal filled (2G Spectrum) tainted image once for all.
DMK chiefs comment is not aright one,as he was the leader of the party and reccommend Maran to the post of IT minister.So He is also responsible for the ongoing allegations.
The Party nominated Maran and the Party can recall him. There is no such thing as his fight is personal. The former CM knows that he needs to express an opinion and cannot simply make 'no comment'. The present CM is correct in demanding Maran's recall/resignation.
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