Anbumani warns of protests against ally AIADMK 

PMK, an ally of the AIADMK-led front in the state, warned to launch widespread protests against the ruling party if the state government failed in its part to prevent the Centre from executing the project. The Ministry of Environment and Forest has granted permission to the Vedanta for drilling a total of 274 oil and gas exploration wells in the Cauvery Delta region of Thanjavur. The state government should not allow the Central government agency to execute this project under any circumstance, he said.

The project, which Anbumani said would be against the interest of farmers, should be dropped by government and the Cauvery Delta region should be declared as ‘protected agriculture zone.’

Later, citing that DMK president MK Stalin’s dream would not be realised, he said the AIADMK-led front would win from all Lok Sabha constituencies and Assembly constituencies as well.

During his campaign, Stalin blamed his opponents and made baseless charges against them, but he never talked about developments made under his party’s regime and welfare of people. Further, he said people were angry at Stalin and hence would vote for the AIADMK-led front.

Terming that the meeting between Stalin and Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao was arranged due to fear of defeat in the polls, Anbumani said they were trying to sow the seeds for a third front.

He also said that the alliance formed by the Opposition is in a confused state. The Communist party, which is under the fold of DMK-Congress alliance, is against Congress and vowed to defeat Congress president Rahul Gandhi, who contested from Wayanad in Kerala, he noted.