Chennai: AIADMK General Secretary Jayalalithaa
today slammed Chief Minister M Karunanidhi for defending Union
Home Minister P Chidambaram on the 'leak' of Liberhan report
on Babri Masjid demolition and ridiculed his view that such
leaks were a 'common phenomenon.'
Karunanidhi had criticised Jayalalithaa for demanding
Chidambaram's resignation for "leak" of the Liberhan report
and said it had become usual for her to demand resignation of
ministers or dismissal of his government on mundane issues.
The Chief Minister had termed the leak of reports of the
enquiry commissions as common phenomenon and recalled how he
himself had released a report as Opposition Leader in 1981
when AIADMK founder MGR was Chief Minister.
Reacting to this, Jayalalithaa, in a statement today,
demanded Karunanidhi's resignation for releasing the enquiry
commission report when AIADMK was in power in 1981, saying
it was unconstitutional on his part to have done so.
Recalling Karunanidhi's admission that as opposition leader
then he had released the Justice CJR Paul Commission report,
which had indicted some AIADMK functionaries for murder inside
the famous Tiruchendur temple, she asked "Does Karunanidhi
mean Government secrets can be released by any body".
"It is unconstitutional on the part of Karunanidhi to
release an Enquiry Commission report.He should have resigned
as Opposition leader then. However, he should resign as Chief
Minister now", Jayalalithaa said.
PTI
First Published: Sunday, November 29, 2009, 21:31