DMK working president M.K. Stalin has accused the BJP of adopting double standards on the hydrocarbon exploration project at Neduvasal.
“It is saddening to note that the Centre has gone ahead with signing the contracts for the exploration of hydrocarbon in discovered small fields (DSFs), including the one at Neduvasal, despite Union Minister Pon. Radhakrishnan’s assurance merely a fortnight ago that the Centre would not implement the project against the wishes of the villagers of Neduvasal,” Mr. Stalin said during a brief interaction with mediapersons here on Wednesday.
The DMK leader also pointed out that the State government, despite having given an assurance in the Assembly that it would not allow the project to go ahead, did not respond to his plea to adopt a resolution against it, akin to the one that was passed in support of jallikattu.
Stating that many leaders from various parts of the country have already met the farmers from Tamil Nadu who have been agitating in New Delhi, Mr. Stalin called on Edappadi K. Palaniswami to do the same.
‘Dhinakaran faces rout’
The DMK leader also asserted that AIADMK (Amma) candidate and deputy general secretary T.T.V. Dhinakaran would be relegated to the last position in the upcoming byelection to the Dr. Radhakrishnan Nagar (R.K. Nagar) Assembly constituency.
Addressing mediapersons, the DMK leader, who is also the Leader of the Opposition, hit out at Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami for not having met the farmers from Tamil Nadu who have been agitating in New Delhi over various demands thus far.
“Farmers in the State are committing suicide and yet the State government is not in a position to provide adequate relief to them,” he said, adding, “The benami government is interested only in winning the byelection and is ready to resort to all kinds of irregularities. It is not at all bothered about the troubles that are being faced by the farmers.”
