The DMK won’t attend a gathering of Tamil Nadu MPs known as by Chief Minister Joseph Vijay on the problem of delimitation on Saturday in Chennai.
Celebration Rajya Sabha MP Kanimozhi made the social gathering’s place clear in a publish on X, calling the assembly convened by Vijay a “charade” to divert consideration from the Cauvery water subject.
Sustaining that the DMK has “steadfastly opposed” delimitation, Kanimozhi said that there was no official announcement by the Union Authorities concerning bringing the invoice within the ongoing session.
“The DMK, led by our chief Thiru @mkstalin, stays steadfast in its earlier stance concerning the safety of Tamil Nadu’s illustration and the necessity for #FairDelimitation. There was no official announcement from the Union Authorities stating that the delimitation invoice might be handed in the course of the present parliamentary session. Moreover, the revised draft invoice has not but been made obtainable to us,” she posted, questioning the timing and want for the assembly known as by the Chief Minister.
She added that when events have already clearly said their place on delimitation, what’s the want for the assembly?
“Now we have already articulated Tamil Nadu’s place on this matter by way of resolutions handed in earlier all-party conferences. On condition that the events which unanimously adopted these resolutions nonetheless maintain the identical stance, what’s the necessity for the assembly convened by the Chief Minister? Is the intention to steer these events to change their established place?”
The DMK chief additional attacked the Vijay authorities for attempting to divert consideration from the protests over the Cauvery subject.
“At a time when protests concerning the #CauveryIssue are ongoing, the all-party assembly convened right this moment by the TVK authorities – with out addressing the #MekedatuDam subject – is merely a charade designed to divert consideration from the Cauvery dispute. Subsequently, the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) won’t take part in right this moment’s assembly known as by the TVK authorities, which has disregarded the unanimous demand of Tamil Nadu’s political events.”
The DMK has been demanding an all-party assembly on the Cauvery and Mekedatu dam subject and has been attacking the Vijay authorities for ignoring the demand.
On Friday, when Chief of Opposition Udhayanidhi Stalin raised the Mekedatu subject, Chief Minister Vijay stated that it was he who proposed holding talks with neighbouring Karnataka on the Cauvery subject (Mekedatu), contemplating there was some hope for a constructive consequence.
The Chief Minister had declared within the Meeting that he didn’t want to bask in low cost politics on the problem.
Kanimozhi on Saturday requested if Vijay would ship a delegation to the Union Water Sources Minister to submit the Tamil Nadu Meeting decision in opposition to the Mekedatu dam.
“If there’s real concern for farmers, is the Chief Minister ready to ship representatives of the Tamil Nadu authorities – alongside the state’s MPs – to fulfill the Union Minister for Water Sources in individual and submit the decision in opposition to the Mekedatu Dam that we handed within the Legislative Meeting?” the DMK MP posted.
Earlier, DMK’s former allies who at the moment are a part of the Vijay authorities – Congress and the Left – had urged Stalin’s social gathering to attend the meet and ship a united message to the Centre in opposition to delimitation.
Congress MP Manickam Tagore stated in a press release: “Those that place their politics above Tamil Nadu’s pursuits might select to not attend. However those that put Tamil Nadu first, and politics second, will attend the all-party assembly convened by the Chief Minister.”
