CHENNAI: Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi said on Tuesday that some political parties, including alliance partners, were threatening the Government the moment it announced a scheme or a project.
Recalling one instance, the Chief Minister said the Tamil Nadu Housing Board had acquired land in Sholinganallur 16 years ago. A political party had announced an agitation plan against this now asking for the lands to be given back after the original owners had been compensated. In such a circumstance, the ruling party, in the interest of maintaining peace in the State, was forced to hang its head and not act. Some political parties, merely because they wanted to grow, were emboldened to do anything and speak as they pleased.
If one did not give respect to peace, friendliness and the fact that one was an ally, then would all the friendly parties stand accused of ushering in jungle raj in the country, he asked.
On many political parties holding direct contact programmes with people in Tuticorin and Tirunelveli where Tata’s Titanium-di-Oxide project is slated to come up, he said when the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam government inked a similar deal with the Tatas, no one did anything similar. Even the AIADMK government which had earlier signed an MoU with the Tatas was holding public hearings in the area, he said.
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