ONGC pipeline leak in Thanjavur: MK Stalin condemns AIADMK's stand on lathi charge in Kathiramangalam
Violence had broken out in Kathiramangalam village of Thanjavur after gas started leaking from pipes laid out by energy major ONGC.
DMK working president MK Stalin condemned Chief Minister EK Palaniswamy for his remarks on the Kathiramangalam violence in the state assembly.
Violence had broken out in Kathiramangalam village of Thanjavur after gas started leaking from pipes laid out by energy major ONGC. Villagers have been protesting against the company saying that laying down the pipes was the reason fro ground water depletion and contamination.
A major clash broke out on June 30, as miscreants, taking advantage of the protest, attacked few villagers, ONGC officials and the cops.
Haystacks were set on fire and police lathi charged, leaving many injured.
Speaking about the violence, chief minister E Palaniswamy said that local public did not allow the villagers to reach the spot.
"Certain miscreants burnt haystack and caused ruckus and due to that minor lathi charge was resorted to," E Palaniswamy said justifying the lathi charge.
DMK leader MK Stalin condemned the chief minister's comment, "Claiming that normalcy has returned to Kathiramangalam is a way to cover the atrocity conducted there."
MK Stalin also urged the government to retract the cases filed against the protesters.
Though Stalin spoke on the issue in the evening, DMK did not seem to have given much importance to the Kathiramangalam issue in the Assembly as they staged a walkout for the third time on the 'Gutka scam'.Also Read
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