GST is another name for usury, says Stalin
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The Goods and Services Tax (GST) is another name for usury and it resembles tax assortment through the British Raj, mentioned DMK president M.K. Stalin throughout a digital deal with to Tiruppur district celebration functionaries on Sunday.
“Tiruppur is an example of [the consequences of] the wrong economic policies of the Central government,” he mentioned. GST exacerbated the situation of industries that had been already affected by demonetisation in 2016. It led to a downturn in exports and manufacturing, Mr. Stalin mentioned. From being referred to as “dollar city” due to the overseas alternate it generated by means of exports, Tiruppur has now turn out to be “dull city” as exports have been additional hit as a consequence of COVID-19, he mentioned.
If elected to energy, the DMK will type a committee comprising consultants from varied companies and can implement their strategies for Tiruppur, he mentioned.
Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami and Ministers S.P. Velumani, Udumalai K. Radhakrishnan, K.A. Sengottaiyan, P. Thangamani and K.C. Karuppannan are all from the Kongu area, Mr. Stalin mentioned. “In the last 10 years, they could have introduced many projects for the region, but have they done so?” The DMK chief additionally levelled allegations of corruption towards the Ministers.
Regarding the Athikadavu-Avinashi water provide undertaking, he mentioned the earlier AIADMK governments had not accomplished the undertaking, and Mr. Palaniswami was now taking credit score for having carried out the undertaking. He accused Mr. Palaniswami of betraying farmers by supporting the three farm legal guidelines launched not too long ago by the Central authorities.
He mentioned building works for a number of flyovers and a hoop highway throughout the limits of the Tiruppur Corporation had been began when the DMK was in energy, however had been stalled by the AIADMK authorities, resulting in site visitors congestions within the metropolis. The long-pending ESI Hospital too had not been established in Tiruppur but, he mentioned. Mr. Stalin requested all district items of the celebration to work collectively to make sure the DMK’s victory within the Assembly election.
Sanskrit information bulletin
In a separate assertion, Mr. Stalin urged the Centre to alter its resolution to telecast a Sanskrit information bulletin on Doordarshan Podhigai and different regional tv channels, contending that it was a cultural invasion on individuals who spoke totally different languages.
Recalling a round issued to all regional administrators of Doordarshan, Mr. Stalin mentioned apart from common information, that they had been requested to telecast the weekend Sanskrit information bulletin in full.
“Regional centres telecast news in regional languages and English. The decision of the Centre to introduce news in Sanskrit, spoken by just 15,000 people, is a cultural invasion through information technology,” he mentioned.
He mentioned India was a banyan tree, representing pluralism, however Prime Minister Narendra Modi was attempting to cut it by imposing Hindi and Sanskrit.
Urging the Prime Minister to surrender the plan, Mr. Stalin threatened to launch a protest, much like the agitations that broke out when Hindi was imposed.
“The DMK broke television sets to express its opposition to Hindi. Similar protests will put an end to the arrogance of the Centre,” he mentioned.
PMK founder S. Ramadoss mentioned, “National news is being presented in English. Sanskrit news will not have national news. Therefore, there is no need for people in other States to watch Sanskrit news. In such a scenario, the decision to force regional channels to telecast Sanskrit news is imposition of the language.”
He added that this resolution could be perceived “as an attempt to impose Sanskrit on those who speak non-Sanskrit languages”.
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