Tamil Nadu - Tiruchi

DMDK women condemn price rise, power cuts

— Photo: R. Ashok

Demanding solution: Women members of the Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam staging a demonstration in Tiruchi on Sunday.

TIRUCHI: Women members of the Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK) staged a demonstration in the city on Sunday condemning price hike and the power cuts across the State owing to “inefficient” administration of the ruling DMK government.

Organised by the DMDK’s women’s wing, the demonstration was staged on the instructions of the party founder and actor Vijaykanth.

Carrying party flags, the women members assembled near the Anna Statue in Chinthamani here, and staged a demonstration condemning the sharp increase in the prices of essential commodities and continuing power cuts across the State affecting all sections of the society.

The demonstration was led by the party urban district women’s wing secretary S. Padmavathy in which the party State deputy secretary and former Minister K.P. Krishnan and urban district organiser R. Vijayarajan delivered special addresses.

Women cadres of DMDK staged a demonstration in front of the railway station. Mohammed Ali, Town president of the party and others participated.

The women’s wing unit of the DMDK staged a demonstration in front of the Public Office here on Sunday, protesting the inflationary trend and power shutdown in the state.

The district organiser of the party Vijay Azhagesan led the agitation. The State secretary of the party’s workers wing, M.R.P. Chandramohan and the headquarters propagandist K. Jayasankar were among those who spoke.

They alleged that the State’s economic progress was at stake due to erratic power supply and urged the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board to take immediate alternative measures for ensuring an uninterrupted power supply.

In Perambalur, the district secretary of the women’s wing of the party, Kalavathy, led the agitation staged in front of the arch on the Collector Office Road.

The State secretary of the fishermen wing of the party, Madhiazhagan, and the district secretary of the party, Durai Kamaraj, were among those who spoke.

A large number of women participated in the agitation staged in front of the RDO office here. Raising slogans, they urged the Central and State governments to check inflation and step up power generation. The district secretary of the women’s wing of the party, Rani Joseph, and the State secretary of the farmers’ wing of the party, Pon. Balakrishnan, spoke.

The district secretary of the party, Rama Jayavel, inaugurated the agitation.

DMDK women volunteers staged a protest in front of the Collectorate here led by K. Mariyasironmani, district secretary, women’s wing, against the frequent power cuts and price rise.

A similar protest was led by Thavamani in front of the Assistant Collector’s office at Mayiladuthurai.

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