Chennai: Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) chief M Karunanidhi, former telecom minister Dayanidhi Maran and former MP TKS Elangovan led a protest in Chennai against the Centre's land acquisition bill on Friday.
DMK General Secretary K Anbazhagan and senior leader Durai Murugan led the protests outside the Collectorates at Chennai and Vellore respectively.
The DMK has been opposing NDA's Land Acquisition Act and has also criticised arch rival AIADMK for extending support to the bill in the Lok Sabha.
Insisting that the Bill was 'anti-farmer', Karunanidhi said it has been opposed by various parties, including JD (U) leader and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, besides social activist Anna Harare.
"Nitish Kumar has registered his opposition (by going on a fast) and has said he will not implement it in Bihar. BJP government should ponder over whether the Act should be implemented despite all these just arguments," against it, he said.
Taking a dig at the AIADMK supremo, he recalled that the party had opposed the UPA's Land Act in 2013 but had supported the present one from the NDA government.
"Nobody with any common sense can deny that it (AIADMK's support) was in return for (Jayalalithaa's) personal favour," he said, referring to the Rs 66.65 crore assets case.
Karnataka High Court has reserved orders on an appeal by Jayalalithaa against her conviction by a special court in September.
The DMK chief said if people's aspirations were not respected by rulers, they could face downfall in the form of a revolution.
The DMK also demands a CBI enquiry into the death of executive engineer, Muthukumarasamy of the agriculture department. They also demanded the arrest of the Agriculture Minister Krishnamoorthy before his removal.
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