Sunday’s all-party meeting promises action
Friday November 24 2006 10:14 IST
CHENNAI: Amidst assurances from Chief Minister M Karunanidhi that the proposed airport expansion will be carried out without affecting any section of the people concerned, a scheduled all-party meeting at Pozhichalur against acquisition of land in residential colonies, promises to be a show-stealer.
The meeting is scheduled at Anakaputhur for November 26 (Sunday) and the organisers of the meeting, the Struggle Committee, set up against the expansion in residential colonies, have invited all major parties, the DMK, AIADMK, PMK, BJP and the DMDK.
And, if one goes by their words, the meeting will witness the participation of members from each party from Cowl Bazaar, Pozhichalur and Anakaputhur, the areas which have been in the centre of the issue ever since the expansion proposal was made.
B Kumar, secretary of the committee, told this website’s newspaper on Thursday that the assurances from political representatives on their participation was a healthy indicator.
“The mere event would send the right signal,” he said, while adding that so far, there has been no coordination between parties in this issue.
The future course of action post the all-party meeting is interesting. The Struggle Committee plans to take out a procession and meet the Chief Minister in the first week of December and submit the resolutions that will be passed in the meeting on Sunday.
“We plan to stage a sit-in protest in front of the Secretariat should our voices not be heard on that day,” Kumar said.
Interestingly, one of the expected high-profile participants will be Gnanamani, former president of the Pozhichalur Panchayat. It may be recalled that he created a flutter during an earlier protest meeting when he snapped the connection of the microphone even while a speaker was airing his views.
Sources then said Gnanamani, a DMK-man, had expressed disapproval when residents rebuked the elected body’s silence over the issue.
In fact, residents were also skeptical about a resolution passed by the Panchayat on Wednesday, “condemning the irregularities in designing the proposal (where residential areas were included)”.
“The elected body has swung into action too late and we believe it is only a counter to the all-party meeting scheduled for Sunday,” a resident said.
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Friday November 24 2006 10:14 IST
CHENNAI: Amidst assurances from Chief Minister M Karunanidhi that the proposed airport expansion will be carried out without affecting any section of the people concerned, a scheduled all-party meeting at Pozhichalur against acquisition of land in residential colonies, promises to be a show-stealer.
The meeting is scheduled at Anakaputhur for November 26 (Sunday) and the organisers of the meeting, the Struggle Committee, set up against the expansion in residential colonies, have invited all major parties, the DMK, AIADMK, PMK, BJP and the DMDK.
And, if one goes by their words, the meeting will witness the participation of members from each party from Cowl Bazaar, Pozhichalur and Anakaputhur, the areas which have been in the centre of the issue ever since the expansion proposal was made.
B Kumar, secretary of the committee, told this website’s newspaper on Thursday that the assurances from political representatives on their participation was a healthy indicator.
“The mere event would send the right signal,” he said, while adding that so far, there has been no coordination between parties in this issue.
The future course of action post the all-party meeting is interesting. The Struggle Committee plans to take out a procession and meet the Chief Minister in the first week of December and submit the resolutions that will be passed in the meeting on Sunday.
“We plan to stage a sit-in protest in front of the Secretariat should our voices not be heard on that day,” Kumar said.
Interestingly, one of the expected high-profile participants will be Gnanamani, former president of the Pozhichalur Panchayat. It may be recalled that he created a flutter during an earlier protest meeting when he snapped the connection of the microphone even while a speaker was airing his views.
Sources then said Gnanamani, a DMK-man, had expressed disapproval when residents rebuked the elected body’s silence over the issue.
In fact, residents were also skeptical about a resolution passed by the Panchayat on Wednesday, “condemning the irregularities in designing the proposal (where residential areas were included)”.
“The elected body has swung into action too late and we believe it is only a counter to the all-party meeting scheduled for Sunday,” a resident said.
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