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Speakers astatine a protestation gathering organised by INDIA bloc parties present connected Friday flayed the Union Government for returning the connection for Metro Rail task for Madurai and Coimbatore citing little population.
Addressing the protesters, elder person of DMK Pon Muthuramalingam said that the Union Government had not fixed the close crushed for denying the Metro Rail task to the 2 large cities of Tamil Nadu.
He described arsenic “fake argument” the Union Government’s basal criteria of 20 lakh colonisation of the cities to suffice for getting Metro Rail projects.
Mr. Muthuramalingam wondered however the Union Government had fixed the motion for akin task to cities successful bluish India, similar Patna and Agra, which had little than 20 lakh population.
Pointing to the BJP leaders’ statement that Agra was fixed an exemption from the criteria of 20-lakh colonisation for its tourism attraction, helium said that Coimbatore was known arsenic the Manchester of South India which has got greater web with the world.
Madurai being 1 of the oldest cities arsenic per the revealations of Keeladi archaeological excavation had respective places of tourist, humanities importance, including the Jain sites. Several researchers of past were repeatedly visiting Madurai for its humanities significance, helium said.
Stating that Madurai would get Metro Rail task for certain, helium said that Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin would not remainder till the 2 cities got the wide accelerated proscription system.
Madukur Ramalingam of CPI(M) recalled that the Union Government had betrayed Tamil Nadu with respect to archaeological excavation successful Keeladi and successful aboriginal operation of AIIMS successful Madurai.
“That the BJP MLA, Vanathi Srinivasan, has said that Metro Rail Project successful Coimbatore would beryllium established upon AIADMK Government coming to powerfulness is lone proving that the task was denied by Union Government not due to the fact that of the size of its population,” helium said.
Congress territory president Karthikeyan said that the BJP-led Centre had denied funds for Samara Siksha Abiyaan to Tamil Nadu.
DMK territory secretaries G. Thalapathi and S. Manimaran, MLAs M. Boominathan (MDMK) and A. Venkatesan (DMK) and representatives of VCK, SDPI, and different parties took portion successful the protest.
