Insisting that the ties with the Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi will continue, Pattali Makkal Katchi founder S. Ramadoss said here on Friday that a decision on the continuance of his party in the alliance led by the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam for the local body polls, scheduled later this year, could be taken only by the executive committee and general council of the party.
He was addressing a press conference where he released the ‘shadow budget' of his party for 2011-12. Dr. Ramadoss was critical of the Dravidian parties ruling the State in the last 40 years, saying they had “ruined” several generations by allowing free flow of liquor. He sought total prohibition. To begin with shops should remain open only for three hours a day and there should be mandatory closure on festival days, Saturdays and Sundays. On the 2G spectrum allocation scam, in which Union Minister Dayanidhi Maran too had come under a cloud, he said: “Law will take its own course.”
Said Dr. Ramadoss:
“Though we have been demanding that an action taken report on the previous budget, an economic survey and an outcome budget regarding the impact of the previous budget as presented by the Central government every year be tabled, no party in power in Tamil Nadu had bothered to do so.” Urging the State government to shun freebies, he said: “All that we want is free, compulsory and equitable education. Similarly, everyone should get free healthcare, which should be made a fundamental right.” He sought a separate Minister for primary education.
He demanded reservation of 100 per cent in which every community would have “proportional representation based on population”. He came down heavily on the previous government for failing to carry out a census as enunciated by the Supreme Court to determine the percentage of reservation. Dr. Ramadoss demanded a separate budget for agriculture, “which is facing total ruin in a few years from now.” He pleaded that farmers be given at least six hours of uninterrupted power supply during day time. His party was totally opposed to Special Economic Zones, which had no impact on the development of the State so far.
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