Tamil Nadu CM Stalin should take responsibility for the death of the Chennai air show, Palaniswami said

AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami addresses the media in Salem | Photo Credit: Special Editing

AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami on Monday (October 7, 2024) said Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin and the State government must take full responsibility for the death of five people after the Indian Air Force (IAF) air show at Marina beach. in Chennai on Sunday (October 6, 2024).

Speaking to reporters in Salem, Mr. Palaniswami said that a large number of people gathered at the Marina to witness the IAF air show at the invitation of Mr. However, the tourists were not given basic services, and due to the rush, five people died and about 300 were admitted to the hospital for treatment, he said.

If Mr. Stalin got information from the intelligence unit of the Police department about how many people would come to the event and make proper arrangements, if this tragedy could have been avoided, he said.

This shows how bad the government’s management is, he added.

“In different regions, these air sports were conducted in a proper manner and no incident like this was reported. After this, the Chief Minister should make appropriate plans for jobs where millions of people are expected to be there,” added Mr. Please bless me.

‘It does not serve the agenda of AIADMK’

Accusing the DMK government of not implementing the programs introduced by the previous AIADMK government, Mr. Palaniswami said: “The DMK government has decided to take drinking water from the animal park in Thalaivasal in Salem district and allegedly take it to SIPCOT (IT park). Farmers announced a protest against this. If the government takes Cauvery water to SIPCOT, then we will go to court. AIADMK will scrap this once we come to power.

Alleging that drugs are being sold near educational institutions across the State and that “anti-social elements” were threatening people who questioned the practice, Mr. Palaniswami said that until the DMK was in power, the menace of drugs in the State would not be eradicated.

Speaking about the problems faced by teachers in the State, he said: “The government must pay the teachers under the Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan. It has been one year that teachers working in government-aided colleges have not been paid.”

‘An incomplete job’

“During the AIADMK regime, the construction of a 2,400 km rainwater pipeline was started in Chennai, of which 1,240 km was completed. “DMK has failed to complete the work that was left in the last 40 months of its rule,” said Mr. Please bless me.

“Phase II of the Chennai railway project, covering 119 km and costing Rs 63,000 crore, was also commissioned during the AIADMK regime, and Union Home Minister Amit Shah laid the foundation stone for that project. But the DMK government failed to get money immediately. People say that the Chief Minister went to America to get treatment and not to withdraw money,” said Mr. Palaniswami.