Chennai, Mar 10 (BPNS)
AIADMK interim general secretary and former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Edappadi K. Palaniswami (EPS) has come out strongly against the central government Public Sector Undertaking, Neyveli Lignite Corporation acquiring land for its expansion projects in the Cuddalore district of Tamil Nadu.
EPS in a statement on Friday called upon the NLC to abandon the project and called upon the state government to hold tripartite talks with the NLC management and people who were losing land under the acquisition programme of the power major.
The former Chief Minister said, “ As important are the Thermal power station and the Coal mines are for the electricity needs of the country, so is the welfare of the farmers and people of Cuddalore district.”
He also said that since 1956 when the NLC was established the power sector undertaking has not met any need of the people of the area who had given land for its development.
Edappadi K. Palaniswami also said that the AIADMK has raised its voice from time to time for the voice of the people regardless of who was in power. The former Chief Minister also said that from year 2000 till date there was no adequate compensation for the land acquired for Neyveli Lignite corporation.
The former Chief Minister said, “ On behalf of the AIADMK and the affected people, I strongly the fact that yesterday (Thursday), the NLC administration engaged in the work of leveling the agricultural fields under the protection of hundreds of policemen, after imprisoning the land-owners, including the farmers in the area of Valiyamadevi in the Cuddalore district.”
It may be noted that the AIADMK and the BJP are engaged in a slugfest and the open statement of the AIADMK interim general secretary, Edappadi K. Palaniswami (EPS) against the Central Government PSU is an indicator of the confrontation the party is having with the BJP.
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