The AIADMK sounded confident of emerging victorious in all the 39 Lok Sabha constituencies in Tamil Nadu and the lone segment in neighbouring Puducherry in the 2024 general election.
Team Clarion
CHENNAI – The state government was on Tuesday urged to take immediate legal measures for the premature release of Muslim prisoners who have been in prison for over 20 years.
At its general council meeting here, the Edappadi K. Palaniswami-led AIADMK, which severed its ties with the BJP in September this year, the party blamed the DMK government for “not taking any steps” for the premature release of Muslim prisoners though its manifesto during the 2021 assembly elections talked about it.
DMK mouthpiece Murasoli had said last month that ever since R.N. Ravi assumed the office of governor, the kind of trouble he has been causing to the DMK regime was not small. A write-up, among other things, underlined that a file related to the premature release of prisoners was pending with him.
The AIADMK sounded confident of emerging victorious in all the 39 Lok Sabha constituencies in Tamil Nadu and the lone segment in neighbouring Puducherry in the 2024 general election.
It also urged the Election Commission to prepare electoral rolls for the Lok Sabha polls without any irregularities.
The party also reiterated its demand of dual citizenship for Sri Lankan Tamil refugees in Tamil Nadu and urged the Union government to take steps to grant Indian citizenship to Tamil refugees.
The AIADMK accused the DMK of “wearing a fake mask of social justice” and alleged that the state government has said that the “Rule of reservation” will not be followed in the Transport Department.
The AIADMK said it implemented welfare schemes for Christians and Muslims when it was in power in the state. However, the DMK regime “blocked” such schemes, the opposition party alleged and cited as a case in point the financial aid schemes for Jerusalem and Haj pilgrimages.
The AIADMK flayed the ruling party over several other issues like not providing appropriate relief to farmers affected by recent heavy rains in several districts and for “diverting” funds under the Special Central Assistance to Scheduled Castes Sub Plan, taking away job opportunities of SCs through “outsourcing” route. – With PTI inputs
