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The Centre is creating “financial stress” successful Tamil Nadu by not releasing flood alleviation magnitude and the Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan funds to the State, Assembly Speaker M. Appavu has said.
Speaking to reporters present connected Tuesday aft garlanding the statue of martyr V.O. Chidambaram astatine the memorial connected his decease anniversary, Mr. Appavu said the JACTTO-GEO (Joint Action Council of Tamil Nadu Teachers’ Organisation and Government Employees’ Organisation) was staging a Statewide protestation pressing its demands, including the restoration of aged pension scheme. After the Union authorities announced 3% rise successful dearness allowance, Chief Minister M.K. Stalin, adjacent without immoderate request from the authorities employees and the teachers, had announced the DA hike from July 1.
“After implementing our promises 1 by one, the authorities is holding talks with them connected their demands, including the revival of aged pension scheme. Since the Union Government adamantly refuses to merchandise the flood alleviation of ₹37,000 crore and ₹2,152 crore Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan funds, the Centre is creating acute fiscal accent successful Tamil Nadu. Even though Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitaraman is lone from Tamil Nadu, she refuses to merchandise these whopping sums intensifying the State’s fiscal strain. Hence, Tamil Nadu’s implementation of payment schemes and revival of aged pension strategy person been affected,” Mr. Appavu said.
‘An eyewash’
On Tamilaga Vetri Kazhagam’s protestation against Special Intensive Revision of electoral roll, the Speaker said the enactment led by histrion Vijay, alternatively of blaming the DMK, should attack the Supreme Court against this workout and signifier objection successful beforehand of the Election Commission bureau successful Delhi if the TVK was truly against SIR.
“However, Mr. Vijay, who is secretely supporting the RSS principles, is indirectly supporting the BJP and blaming the DMK. Hence, some the parties (BJP and TVK) volition soon travel person arsenic being speculated now. The TVK’s protestation against SIR is an eyewash,” Mr. Appavu charged.
Asked if the DMK was terrified by the SIR, the Speaker said the ruling party, portion “courageously challenging” it successful the Supreme Court, was prepared to look the SIR by deploying its functionaries to assistance the voters successful filling and submitting the enumeration forms to debar stealing of votes.
