NE NEWS SERVICE
CHENNAI, NOV 25
Refuting the allegation of Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) founder Dr S Ramadoss’s claim of a secret meeting with Gujarat-based Adani Group chief Gautam Adani, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Monday commented that ‘Ramadoss seems to have any work other than releasing statements every day.” The Chief Minister, pointing to an earlier explanation by the state electricity minister, asked not to twist things.
“The minister has already provided an explanation. Please don’t twist things. He doesn’t seem to have any work other than releasing statements every day. I cannot keep responding to each of his statements,” Stalin said when asked what he had to say about Ramadoss’s claims of his secret meeting with Gautam Adani.
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The chief minister was answering questions from the media at the inaugural event of Vizhuthugal, an initiative for the differently abled in his Kolathur constituency.
Anbumani Ramadoss demands Stalin’s for saying Ramadoss “has no work”
Offended by Chief Minister MK Stalin’s remark that Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) founder S Ramadoss has no work and hence was issuing a statement against the DMK government every day, PMK president Anbumani Ramadoss on Monday condemned it and demanded an apology.
Dismissing Ramadoss’ demand for the DMK government to come clean on the secret meeting he had with Adani Group chairman Gautam Adani, the CM had said, “Ramadoss has no work except issuing a statement against the government every day. It is not necessary to respond to them. Okay.”
எதிர்க்கட்சிகளின் கேள்விகளுக்கு பக்குவமாக பதில் அளிப்பது முதல்வரின் கடமை. முதல்வர் தன் தவறை உணர்ந்து மன்னிப்பு கேட்க வேண்டும்.! pic.twitter.com/yos0caxHOK
— Dr ANBUMANI RAMADOSS (@draramadoss) November 25, 2024
Expressing shock at this, Anbumani, a Rajya Sabha MP, told the media in Delhi that this display of arrogance is ‘unacceptable’. “We demand the Chief Minister to express regret and apologise. Our party rank and file are agitated. It is the duty of the opposition to question the government and hold it accountable while it is the duty of those in power to answer. What is wrong in Ramadoss asking for a probe into Gautam Adani’s secret meeting with Stalin? If you have nothing to hide, why do you get rattled?” he asked.
மு.க.ஸ்டாலினுக்கு ஏன் இவ்வளவு பதட்டம்?
தமிழக மானம் அமெரிக்காவில் கப்பலேறுகிறது, மக்கள் பணம் கொள்ளை போகிறது,
பதில் சொல்லித் தான் ஆக வேண்டும்!@mkstalin @CMOTamilnadu pic.twitter.com/PxMafuwsPO— Dr ANBUMANI RAMADOSS (@draramadoss) November 25, 2024
Anbumani who is in Delhi for the winter session of parliament further said, “The indictment of the Adani Group in the US and TNEB being listed as an entity which had been bribed has tarnished the reputation of Tamil Nadu. The CM is duty bound to answer. When the secret meeting between Adani and Stalin took place at the latter’s residence, it was Stalin who should answer and not the minister.”
Recalling the past, Anbumani, a former Union Minister, said in the 2006 assembly election the DMK under M Karunanidhi did not secure a majority of its own. “Then, it was the PMK which offered outside support and ensured that Karunanidhi completed his tenure and you (Stalin) became Deputy CM, even as Jayalalithaa continued to debunk the government as a minority government. And Karunanidhi used to say that he received pain balm from Thailapuram garden (PMK Headquarters in Tindivanam) for his head aches. If he had not asked us to withdraw the case in the Madras High Court, MK Stalin couldn’t have managed to get space by the Marina to bury his father Kalaingnar,” he said.
“This is not the way to treat Ramadoss, 86-year-old senior leader who had spent 45 years in public life and respected across the country, including the Prime Minister,” he said adding “You are not Russian dictator Stalin, but elected by the people and should guard your tongue.”
அதானி ஊழல் : தமிழ்நாடு மின் வாரியத்தின் பங்கு குறித்து விசாரணை நடத்த வேண்டும்: அதானி சந்திப்பு பற்றி முதல்வர் விளக்க வேண்டும்!
இந்தியாவில் பல்வேறு மாநிலங்களில் மின்சார வாரியங்களுக்கு சூரிய ஒளி மின்சாரம் தயாரித்து வழங்குவதற்கான ஒப்பந்தங்களைப் பெறுவதற்காக ரூ.2100 கோடி கையூட்டு… pic.twitter.com/gvSi27Fpsj
— Dr S RAMADOSS (@drramadoss) November 21, 2024
On Thursday, senior Ramadoss, in a statement, demanded an explanation from Chief Minister MK Stalin for the Adani group having ties with Tamil Nadu Power Generation and Distribution Company (TANGEDCO). Ramadoss demanded an explanation after Adani group chairman Gautam Adani was indicted in a bribery and a fraud case by a court in the USA.
In his statement, Ramadoss said that Adani had held a secret meeting with Stalin at the chief minister’s residence in Chennai on July 10. “What was the purpose of this secret meeting? The government must explain the reasons behind the secret meeting between Stalin and Adani.”
He also said that the government must order an inquiry into the companies, including TANGEDCO, which gave subsidies to the Adani group. Ramadoss also recalled the accusations against Adani by a US court that he raised investments to the tune of Rs.25,500 crores in the US by showing contracts for various power projects in India, including Tamil Nadu.
TANGEDCO has no commercial association with Adani group: Electricity Minister V Senthil Balaji
Earlier, Electricity Minister V Senthil Balaji had clarified, saying, “TANGEDCO has no commercial association with Adani group.” He said that the arrangements had been established with the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI), which is a central government agency, to procure 1,500 megawatts of power to fulfil Tamil Nadu’s electricity demands.
“I wish to emphasise that the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board has conducted no commercial dealings with the Adani group for the past three years. While numerous states are referenced in the reports from the US, Tamil Nadu’s reference appears merely in a single line,” Senthil Balaji said.
