Vaiko flays Centre for awarding hydrocarbon exploration contracts

The HinduSeptember 09,2018

MDMK general secretary Vaiko on Saturday condemned the Central government for awarding contracts for hydrocarbon exploration in two locations in the Cauvery basin to Vedanta Limited.
Addressing mediapersons, he said the decision was aimed at instilling fear in the minds of the people and dissuading them from protesting against the Sterlite copper plant in Thoothukudi.
While the police firing on anti-Sterlite protesters in Thoothukudi, which claimed 13 lives, was still fresh in public memory, the Centre had awarded contracts to Vedanta for hydrocarbon exploration in the delta region, he noted.
“We want to make the Cauvery basin a protected zone for agriculture. But the Centre is taking steps to make it a ‘chemical zone’, for which the State government has allotted 55,000 acres,” he claimed.
The MDMK would support and participate in the nationwide strike against rising fuel prices on September 10, he said, adding, “The price of fuel is nearing ₹100 a litre. But the Centre is not worried about the people’s problems.”
When asked about the searches conducted by the CBI at the residences of Health Minister C. Vijaya Baskar and DGP T.K. Rajendran in connection with the gutkha scam, he said that the Minister and the top police official should resign, owning moral responsibility, and if they don’t, the Chief Minister should dismiss them from their posts.
Detailing the long-drawn legal battle for the release of seven convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, Mr. Vaiko expressed hope that the State cabinet meeting on Sunday would secure their release.
He condemned both the Central and State governments for “arresting people who express their views against the government”.

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