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DMK won't appeal against unseating of Stalin

By Our Special Correspondent

Chennai. Sept.7. The DMK will not appeal against the High Court judgment, stripping M.K. Stalin of Chennai Mayor post, for it was not a party to the original petition, the party president, M. Karunanidhi, said today.

Neither he nor Mr. Stalin was worried about the verdict. They were not obsessed with the post. Right from the beginning the party had been against contesting the one-man, one post legislation and hence the question of its going on appeal did not arise, Mr. Karunanidhi said talking to newsmen immediately after his return here from Goa.

On the Cauvery issue, he said the DMK's only concern was that the interests of delta farmers should not be sacrificed in the war of words between the Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. The State Government had failed to act in time, in getting water for cultivation. However, Mr. Karunanidhi welcomed the Supreme Court's directive to Karnataka that it release 1.25 tmcft of water everyday.

Asked about the Chief Minister, Ms. Jayalalithaa's charge that the Prime Minister had succumbed to Karnataka's pressure, the DMK chief expressed the hope that a suitable reply would be given on his behalf.

Refusing to comment on her diatribe against the Congress president, Mr. Karunanidhi asked why he should reply when Sonia Gandhi herself had not reacted.

Only by not taking cognisance of such statements of the Chief Minister, could people be mobilised on various issues concerning the State.

On the BJP president, Venkaiah Naidu's statement that the issue of foreigners occupying top government posts would be included in the poll manifesto, Mr. Karunanidhi said that as the DMK was a constituent of the National Democratic Alliance, the party would give its views at the time it was prepared.

Expressing concern over the absence of coordination between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka on the Veerappan issue, he said for the last 20 years, there had been better coordination between them. The lack of it should not come in the way of nabbing the forest brigand, more so in getting the release of the abducted former Karnataka Minister, H. Nagappa.

Our stand vindicated: PMK

Meanwhile, the PMK leader, S.Ramadoss, said his party had opposed from the beginning one-man, one-post legislation and the verdict vindicated its stand.

The MDMK leader, L.Ganesan, wanted the State Government to convene a meeting of farmers to get their views on the Cauvery issue.

The meeting would strengthen the State's stand, he added.

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