NE NEWS SERVICE
CHENNAI, MAY 14
The Tamil Nadu Chief Secretary K. Shanmugam had humiliated a team of Members of Parliament (MPs), party’s Parliamentary Party Leader and Former Union Minister T.R. Ballu alleged here on Wednesday.
REAL POWER in a democracy must rest with the elected representative, NOT with “politically appointed” bureaucrats. It is most unfortunate that the Chief Secretary, the highest authority of state bureaucracy chose to ignore this fundamental spirit of our democracy. https://t.co/AUaIIknVvK
— Sriram (@SriramMadras) May 13, 2020
T.R. Baalu has threatened to take up the issue with the Parliament Privileges Committee. In a statement issued here late Wednesday night Baalu said a group of DMK MPs – Baalu, Dayanidhi Maran, Kalanidhi Veerasamy and Tamizhachi Thangapandian – had been to state Secretariat to meet Shanmugam to submit one lakh petitions seeking COVID-19 relief.
Baalu said Shanmugam insulted the MPs by not even extending the basic courtesies and was focussed on watching the television without listening to our plea to take action on the one lakh petitions.
As the television volume was very high, Veerasamy had requested a staff of Shamugam office to reduce the same but the latter prevented the same, Baalu alleged.
Baalu said Shanmugam declined to commit any timelines on the action to be taken on the petitions and forgetting that he was the Chief Secretary of the state and the MPs were representatives of over one crore people in a loud voice said “This is the problem with you people.”
Despite that when requested to take quick action Shanmugam said you can tell the media whatever you want to say, Baalu alleged.
Condemning the attitude of Shanmugam, the DMK leader T. R. Baalu threatened to lodge a complaint with the Parliament Privileges Committee if the official does not express regret for his behaviour and tender an apology.
