Anbumani, Vijay slam DMK authorities over detention of protesting conservancy employees in Chennai

Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) chief Anbumani Ramadoss, Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) chief Vijay, and BJP chief Tamilisai Soundararajan criticised the DMK authorities over the detention of protesting conservancy employees of the Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC).

Read stay updates right here.

In a publish on X, Dr. Anbumani stated their detention is stunning, and that oppressing those that battle for his or her rights is “condemnable and inexcusable.” “With the protest occurring for 12 days, Chief Minister M.Ok. Stalin ought to have held talks with the protesters and resolved the difficulty. However, the Chief Minister doesn’t have sufficient time to even watch films. Does Mr. Stalin, who’s an advocate for social justice, assume assembly sanitation employees is beneath him,” he requested.

“Unleashing power on poor folks will not be braveness, it’s cowardice. Fulfilling their calls for is braveness. It is definite that the day folks take away the DMK from energy will not be far-off,” Dr. Anbumani stated.

In a separate publish on X, Mr. Vijay condemned the arrest and termed the DMK regime “fascist”. “News has emerged that when these ladies sanitation employees have been dragged away like bundles and arrested, they not solely fainted but in addition sustained accidents. Watching this midnight arrest makes it clear that violence has been unleashed on ladies, which is insupportable to anybody with a conscience,” he stated.

Immediate medical assist and remedy have to be supplied to the injured, together with all vital measures to guard their well being, Mr. Vijay stated. The arrested sanitation employees are being detained at totally different areas, the place they’re unable to contact their households or obtain any help, he stated.

“Are these sanitation employees enemies of the State that they have to be evaded even talking to their very own households? Does the ruling authorities also have a shred of conscience,” Mr. Vijay requested. “From this merciless act, it’s evident whether or not the regime in Tamil Nadu is democratic or authoritarian,” he stated.

“The sanitation employees have been protesting solely to demand the success of the guarantees you made once you have been within the Opposition. Why have you ever nonetheless not fulfilled these guarantees? If you can’t maintain such guarantees, why do you make them within the first place,” Mr. Vijay additional requested. He sought the quick launch of the detained sanitation employees, and stated they have to be given another house to proceed their protest and current their calls for.

In a publish on X, BJP chief Tamilisai Soundararajan alleged that the difficulty factors to “a complete mismanagement by the DMK authorities.” Chief Minister M.Ok. Stalin ought to have met them and spoken to them positively, and the evacuation ought to have been achieved extra warmly, she stated.

“More painful to know the Chief Minister, as an alternative of assembly the protesting employees, was watching a film. Very unlucky state of affairs in Tamil Nadu,” Ms. Soundararajan stated.

DMDK common secretary Premallatha Vijayakant additionally strongly condemned the in a single day detention of the sanitation employees. In an announcement, she stated Mr. Stalin and the Ministers of the departments involved ought to instantly maintain talks with the protesting employees and fulfil their calls for.