Chennai: AIADMK chief Jayalalithaa today said
that the Centre should go all out to ``eradicate`` Maoists.
"The Centre should take concrete measures in stopping
extremism and terrorism in the country. It should also go all
out to eradicate the Naxalities immediately", she told
reporters here.
She expressed concern over the ``contradictory`` statements
made by various political leaders across the country on
handling Maoists. `It is also unfortunate to note such
reports`, she said.
On the Mullaperiyar dam issue, Jayalalithaa alleged that
Tamil Nadu government had delayed in taking action on the
matter. Chief Minister M Karunanidhi had `failed` to take
concrete steps in stopping the Centre from giving permission
to Kerala to conduct survey for construction of new dam across
the (inter-state) Mullaperiyar river, she said.
"Karunanidhi has betrayed people of Tamil Nadu on
Mullaperiyar issue. He was aware of Kerala`s activities from
2007 itself," she said.
Reacting to a question on the delegation of MPs of DMK,
Congress and Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi that left for Sri
Lanka to get first hand account of the conditions prevailing
in camps housing Lankan Tamil refugees, she reiterated that
Karunanidhi should have seen to it that an all party
delegation was sent.
Stating that the delegation was only a `ruling party
team,` Jayalalithaa asked whether it would get to see `the
real camps where the Tamils are interned`.
"It is only an eye wash," she alleged.
On the PMK`s exit from the AIADMK fold, she said her
party was not going to lose anything.
The PMK had snapped its six-month old ties with AIADMK on
October 4, charging it with trying to implicate top PMK
leaders in a `false` case.
Asked about Barack Obama winning the Nobel Peace Prize,
Jayalalithaa said "award given to the US President is
premature. He has not achieved anything so it is too early for
such an award".
Bureau Report
