‘DMK, Cong. have no right to question govt.’
The Hindu
Both parties failed to conduct the poll: Anbalagan
The Congress and Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam have no moral right to question the AINRC-led government on the local bodies poll issue, AIADMK secretary (East) A. Anbalagan has said.
Addressing a press conference here on Thursday, he said both the parties failed to take any concrete steps to conduct the poll during their last tenure.
The Supreme Court had come down heavily on the previous government led by Congress for not holding the civic body polls.
A crowd comprising farmers, researchers, professors, students, and horticulture enthusiasts thronged the ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR), Hesaraghatta, Bengaluru, on Friday for the inaugural ceremony of the Triphal Diversity Show which showcased 300 mango, 100 jackfruit, and 100 banana genotypes in collaboration with ICAR-National Research Centre for Banana, Tiruchirappalli.
The State government on Friday constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT), headed by Additional Director-General of Police, Manish Kharbikar of the Economic Offences division of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to probe the alleged multi-crore scam in the government-run Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation.