It was reported that there was a fiasco in the launch of the breakfast scheme for government school children in Palladam Union in Tirupur district of Tamil Nadu.
According to Thenmozhi, the DMK Panchayat Union President, the Commissioner and District Development Officer working in the Palladam Panchayat Union office are transferred once in 3 months because of which development works get hindered. She along with a few concillors and Ramesh who earlier worked as a Commissioner in Palladam held a consultation meeting and made arrangements for the breakfast scheme launch. However, the Commissioner was changed later. Because of the frequent changes, work on the breakfast scheme got paralyzed.
However, the scheme seems to have been later launched by DMK Minister MP Saminathan and she was kept unaware.
“Government events including Bhoomi Pooja are frequently held in Palladam. It is done under the supervision of Minister of Tamil Development and Information & Publicity MP Saminathan. He does Bhoomi Pooja in the capacity of Minister in-charge of the district. But I am neither informed nor invited through the officials or by the Minister. Is it because I’m a woman? Or is it because I belong to a Scheduled Caste? I don’t know why I’m being stifled. Why are they not informing me? I am people’s representative. I have come to deliver service to the public beyond party lines. I would like to take this to the notice of the Chief Minister as to why I am being neglected. I’m not kept informed continuously. I don’t understand why they are avoiding me. This issue must reach the high command, investigated and concluded. I’m not able to show my head outside. I’m being asked whether I am getting any information from the Minister or not? Even if the Minister is not able to inform me, atleast the officials must inform. Without giving any information, he comes to my own block and performs Bhoomi Pooja. I would like to take this issue to the CM. I request for justice in this issue through you. I don’t have any vengeance against him (Minister). If he informs me, I am ready to attend the events and make them a success.”
A vexed Thenmozhi said that she is ready to quit the post if she is not allowed to work freely.
BJP Tamil Nadu President K. Annamalai condemned the DMK for its casteist politics and discriminating their own party leaders who hail from the Scheduled Caste. He also invoked how Satyavani Muthu, a Dalit woman Minister in Karunanidhi’s government resigned from the ministry and left the DMK due to constant humiliation.
“The lament of a people’s representative from DMK exemplifies DMK’s phoney advocacy of social justice. From Smt. Sathyavani Muthu to Smt. Thenmozhi, nothing has changed in the functioning of DMK. DMK & its leader continue to thrive on creating inequality in society.”, he said.
The lament of a people’s representative from DMK exemplifies DMK’s phoney advocacy of social justice. From Smt. Sathyavani Muthu to Smt. Thenmozhi, nothing has changed in the functioning of DMK.
DMK & its leader continue to thrive on creating inequality in society. pic.twitter.com/agtRpmp2O9
— K.Annamalai (@annamalai_k) August 26, 2023
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