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Time of India
20-06-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
AIADMK cadre hold one-day hunger strike in support of mango farmers
Coimbatore: AIADMK cadre held a one-day hunger strike at New Bus Stand in Krishnagiri from 9am to 5pm on Friday, demanding the govt to fix the right price for mango procurement. AIADMK deputy general secretary and Veppanahalli MLA KP Munusamy presided over the strike. After the hunger strike, Munusamy said farmers from Krishnagiri district cultivated mangoes on an area of 35,000 hectares. Thought the yield is good this year, farmers say, they didn't get the right price for mangoes. "Similarly, mango pulp factories are also struggling to pay the right price due to the stock of mango pulp already produced and the high yield. The affected mango farmers should be given a compensation of Rs 30,000 per acre, and the govt should also establish a mango board and fix a mango procurement price of Rs 13 per kg." Rajya Sabha MP Thambidurai, former minister Balakrishna Reddy, Krishnagiri MLA Ashok Kumar, Uthankarai MLA Tamilselvan, and many others from AIADMK participated in this hunger strike.
New Indian Express
12-05-2025
- Politics
- New Indian Express
Stalling AIADMK govt's schemes are the only achievement in the four-year DMK regime: KP Munusamy
KRISHNAGIRI: DMK government's achievement in the past four years is stalling the welfare schemes implemented by the previous AIADMK government, said AIADMK deputy general secretary KP Munusamy here on Sunday. While speaking to reporters, Munusamy said, "It was during the AIADMK regime, former Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami initiated to bring water from the Thenpennai River to lakes in Krishnagiri and Dharmapuri districts through the Ennekolpudhur and Aliyam canal projects at the cost of around Rs 300 crore, but it was stalled in this DMK regime. Similarly, following the demand of floriculturists in Hosur, the International Flower Auction Centre worth Rs 21 crore was established in Hosur during the AIADMK regime, but it is now dysfunctional." He further said, "Law and order situation is at its worst in this government and drug trafficking is rampant. The demand for security for former IAS officer U Sagayam shows the state of law and order in Tamil Nadu." The general secretary also appreciated Prime Minister Narendra Modi and said his attack on terrorists in Pakistan were carried out without affecting the people there.
