Three MLAs belonging to various outfits but elected to the Assembly on the AIADMK symbol have pledged their support to the protesting Kadiramangalam villagers and have promised to take up their cause with Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami during their visit to the trouble-torn village on Monday.
The Kadiramangalam tour of the three MLAs has to be seen against the backdrop of their support to beleaguered AIADMK deputy general secretary T.T.V. Dhinakaran.
Grievances heard
Manithaneya Jananayaka Katchi’s Thameemun Ansari, Tamil Nadu Kongu Ilaignar Peravai’s founder U. Thaniyarasu and Mukkulathor Pulipadai founder Karunas — all elected on AIADMK’s Two Leaves symbol in the last Assembly elections — visited Kadiramangalam on Monday and listened to the grievances of the villagers.
Speaking to them, Mr. Ansari pointed out that their fight was not for money or power but to save agricultural operations that provided livelihood to thousands of people.
The residents were also fighting to preserve the fertile lands for the future generations.
The three MLAs also brought to the notice of the villagers that they had severally raised the Kadiramangalam issue in the Assembly and had also collectively taken the issue to the notice of the Chief Minister.
They also demanded that the ONGC accept the blame with regard to pipeline bursts and stop alleging that those who oppose their dangerous projects are “anti-development and are working against the nation’s progress”'.
Mr. Thaniyarasu noted that the Centre must not support the anti-people activities of the ONGC and must respect the sensitivities of the villagers.