‘Step up security at counting centre’
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AAA Candidates from the DMK and allied parties petitioned District Election Officer and Collector S. Nagarajan on Saturday to step up the security arrangements at the counting centre in Government College of Technology.
N. Karthik from Singanallur Assembly constituency, R. Krishnan aka Paiya Gounder from Kavundampalayam, Mayura S. Jayakumar from Coimbatore South, T.R. Shanmugasundaram from Mettupalayam, Kurichi Prabhakaran from Kinathukadavu and M. Kalaisamy aka Premier Selvam from Sulur constituency submitted the petition at the District Collectorate.
Speaking to reporters, Mr. Karthik alleged that the north and south gates of GCT do not have adequate security checks, which could lead to outsiders entering the premises. The CCTV cameras near the strong rooms turn off now and then, he claimed, demanding a UPS connection for the cameras to ensure uninterrupted power supply. The officials at the control r
Cadre petition district administration
The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) has urged the Coimbatore district administration to distribute tokens for Pongal goodies using government employees.
In a petition to the administration, the party’s Coimbatore east district unit in-charge S. Senathipathi said that the AIADMK workers were engaged in distribution of the tokens to 10.09 lakh families that were attached to 1,495 fair price shops.
And, the tokens had the photographs of Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami, Municipal Administration Minister S.P. Velumani and were printed in AIADMK colours. The colours should be removed as it was the State Government that distributed the tokens and the distribution should be done using fair price shop employees, he demanded.
DMK threatens to intensify protest
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Voices of dissent: DMK functionaries leading a protest in the city on Tuesday condemning the arrest of the party workers during makkal grama sabai meetings.
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam will intensify its protest in Coimbatore if the State Government and Coimbatore police deny permission for holding ‘makkal grama sabai’ meetings, party’s east urban unit in-charge and Singanallur MLA N. Karthik said here on Tuesday while leading a protest condemning the police action against party workers.
He alleged that the police at the behest of Municipal Administration Minister S.P. Velumani was denying permission to the DMK to even tie party flags to hold the meetings. Tuesday’s protest was only the first. If the police continued with this line of action, the DMK would not only intensify its protest but also rope in allies to register its protest, he said.