Summary:
Coming down heavily on Tamil Nadu government for suppressing the democratic rights of people to protest, she said that an undeclared ‘mini Emergency’ situation was in place in the State now. She condemned the arrests of activists and members of political parties for supporting the democratic protests of the affected people. Sreedharan, president, Tamil Nadu Government All Department Pensioners’ Association, spoke. Speaking at the inauguration of a two-day State representatives’ convention of Tamil Nadu Government Employees’ Association (TNGEA) here on Saturday, she said that the actor-turned-politician was wrong in saying that Tamil Nadu would become a graveyard if there were continued protests. “There is a village called Paruthikadu, which is likely to disappear completely because of the Salem-Chennai highway project,” she said..