NE NEWS SERVICE
CHENNAI, APRIL 14
The DMK on Tuesday said police have denied permission for a holding a meeting with its allies on COVID-19 slated to be held in Chennai on Wednesday (April 15) and announced that it has, hence, cancelled the gathering.
The meeting will instead be held on April 16 via video conferencing, the party said. DMK chief M K Stalin said “the AIADMK government has made the police department to issue a notice directing that the meeting should not be held,” in view of the lockdown.
அனைத்துக் கட்சி கூட்டம் பாதுகாப்பு விதிகளுடன் நடைபெறும் என திமுக உறுதியளித்தும், தலைமைச் செயலகத்தில் பல்வேறு கூட்டங்கள் நடத்திய அதிமுக அரசு காவல்துறை மூலமாக அனுமதி மறுத்துள்ளது.
நாளை நடைபெறவிருந்த அதே கூட்டம் ஏப்ரல் 16 அன்று காலை 11 மணிக்கு காணொலிக் காட்சி மூலம் நடக்கும். pic.twitter.com/F58S21QhUV
— M.K.Stalin (@mkstalin) April 14, 2020
Days ago, the DMK had announced a meeting of its allies (on April 15) including the Congress and Indian Union Muslim League to discuss the scourge of coronavirus.
The top Dravidian party leader, also the Leader of Opposition in the Assembly, said in a statement the police has denied permission despite his party assuring that the meeting will be held adhering to all guidelines including individual distancing.
He said his party’s proposed meet was like the several consultative meetings held at the Secretariat over the coronavirus situation in Tamil Nadu. Unlike the AIADMK government which was “obstinate,” the DMK does not like to do politics that “is against the
tenets of democracy,” he said.
“I would like to inform that the meeting is cancelled and it will be held on April 16 through video conferencing,” Stalin said in a statement.
