TMC joins hands with Cong in
Pondicherry on diesel hike
In a significant development, the Tamil Maanila Congress, a partner in the ruling DMK-led coalition, today participated in an opposition Congress-I sponsored meeting to
chalk out an agitation plan against the diesel price hike.
TMC general secretary V Bhalan and youth wing leader N Namasivayam
took part in the meeting.
Pondicherry Congress-I president P Shanmugham, who presided over
the meeting, said at a press conference later that the TMC had
participated in the meeting since the views of all secular parties
on the diesel price hike were the same. ''This is a people's
problem and the TMC's participation has no significance as a move to
destabilise the government here,'' he added.
The meeting decided to organise a demonstration in front of the
legislative assembly on October 29, the opening day of the
winter session.
A massive procession would be taken out through the
main thoroughfares of the town to the assembly on that day.
Representatives of the AIADMK, CPI, CPI-M, Republican Party of
India and the Christian Democratic Front also took part in the meeting.
UNI
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