AIADMK General Secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami celebrates Christmas with party members at CSI Light Auditorium in Chennai on December 21, 2024. Photo credit: SR Raghunathan
AIADMK’s Edappadi K Palaniswami on Saturday said it would be wrong if not only Union Home Minister Amit Shah, but also BR Ambedkar, who is considered the architect of our Constitution, made any adverse comments.
Talking to reporters after participating in the Christmas celebration organized by the party here in Kilpauk, Mr. Palaniswami expressed the AIADMK’s stand on the matter with his colleague and organizing secretary D. Jayakumar clarified.
Regarding Chief Minister MK Stalin’s criticism on the tungsten issue, Mr. Palaniswami reiterated his stand that the Chief Minister has not yet responded to the question whether the government has raised the issue of tungsten mining before the public in Melur area of Madurai district. opposed any move to excavate.
Dismissing his party’s accusations of being soft on the BJP, the AIADMK general secretary noted that 37 MPs from his party were stalled while the BJP government at the Center was taking time to set up an implementation mechanism on the final verdict of the Cauvery Water Dispute Tribunal. The Lok Sabha functioned for 22 days, as a result of which the central government set up the mechanism. In contrast, it was the DMK, which was adopting a “double standard” vis-à-vis the BJP. “Wasn’t it (Defense Minister Rajnath Singh) to issue a centenary commemorative coin of M. Karunanidhi?” he asked.
Stressing that secularism is an important tenet of the AIADMK, Mr. Palaniswami said that in the event of his party’s victory in the 2026 assembly elections, the new regime would take all steps to grant privileges and concessions, “denied” by the government. To Dalit Christians.
published – December 21, 2024 at 09:33 hrs IST