http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Chennai/article517234.ece
Published: July 15, 2010 19:17 IST | Updated: July 15, 2010 19:32 IST
Chennai, July 15, 2010
Karunanidhi warns against casteism coming in way of development
Karunanidhi criticises CPI(M) on Natarajar temple and Uthapuram issues
T. Ramakrishnan
THE HINDU Chief minister M. Karunanidhi paying floral tribute to
Congress leader K. Kamaraj on his birth anniversary at a function in
Chennai. Photo: R. Ravindran
Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi on Thursday criticised Communist Party
of India (Marxist) on the Natarajar temple and Uthapuram issues.
Addressing a function to mark the 107th birth anniversary of former
Chief Minister K. Kamaraj here, Mr Karunanidhi said that the CPI (M)
was organising an agitation to demand that the path to the temple in
Chidambaram which was said to have been used by Nandanar, a Saivaite
saint, should be thrown open. The agitation was not for Nandanar but
to create deliberately an obstacle to the execution of good schemes,
the Chief Minister said.
On the Uthapuram wall issue, he recalled how the wall, which separated
a Dalit colony from caste Hindus for years in Uthapuram village of
Madurai district, was demolished [in May 2008] on his instruction.
Caste Hindus, who were initially upset over the move, were later
mollified and the issue was sorted out, the Chief Minister said.
Alluding to the recent CPI (M) agitation on the matter, he said that
for some parties, if any issue had been resolved, they would become
irrelevant. This was why they were instigating people in the area.
The Chief Minister also recalled how his government ensured the
successful conduct of panchayat elections in Keeripatti, Pappapatti,
Nattarmangalam and Kottakanchiyendal villages and it organised a
function in Chennai, under the chairmanship of CPI leader R.
Nallkannu, to felicitate elected chairpersons of the villages.
Mr Karunanidhi inaugurated the execution of developmental works
undertaken by the School Education department at a cost of about Rs.
188.94 crore. He distributed appointment orders to five
differently-abled persons on their recruitment as secondary teachers.
Thangam Thennarasu, School Education Minister, said that in the last
four years, 569 primary schools were opened while 2,626 middle
schools, 630 high schools and 520 higher secondary schools were
upgraded. A primary school had been set up for every one km; middle
school for every three km and high school for every five km.
K.V.Thangkabalu, Tamil Nadu Congress Committee president, praised the
Chief Minister for taking steps to perpetuate the memory of Kamaraj.
INFORMATION OVERLOAD?
Get all ZESTCaste mails sent out in a span of 24 hours in a single mail. Subscribe to the daily digest version by sending a blank mail to ZESTMedia-digest@yahoogroups.com, OR, if you have a Yahoo! Id, change your settings at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTMedia/join/
PARTICIPATE:-
On this list you can share caste news, discuss caste issues and network with like-minded anti-caste people from across India and the world. Just write to zestcaste@yahoogroups.com
TELL FRIENDS TO SIGN UP:-
If you got this mail as a forward, subscribe to ZESTCaste by sending a blank mail to ZESTCaste-subscribe@yahoogroups.com OR, if you have a Yahoo! ID, by visiting http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/join/
Also have a look at our sister list, ZESTMedia: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTMedia/
