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Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
The nation's growth is in the hands of women and all-round efforts are being made by the DMK regime for their empowerment, Chief Minister M K Stalin said here on Wednesday. The Dravidian model growth is all inclusive and it includes both men and women. Nothing is planned by excluding women, Stalin said in his International Women's Day address at the Ethiraj College for Women. The initiative to appoint aspirants from all castes as priests in temples includes a woman as well and that is Dravidian model. Following the footsteps of reformist leaders, initiatives and schemes for women empowerment were being implemented by the DMK government, Stalin said and added that the nation's growth is in the hands of women. Equal rights for women in family properties (1989) and present increase in reservation for women in government jobs to 40 percent from 30 percent featured in a list of initiatives underlined by the Chief Minister. The Dr Muthulakshmi Maternity Benefit Scheme aimed at ensuring
DMK MP Kanimozhi on Tuesday demanded that the government clarify how raising allegations against the Adani Group could be equivalent to 'questioning' India, while hitting out at the ruling dispensation for "shielding" corporates. Participating in the debate on Motion of Thanks to the President's Address in Lok Sabha, she said any mention of Adani meant the treasury benches would break into virulent protests. She also accused the treasury benches of turning a blind eye and providing strong support to corporates even when their "wrong-doings" come to the fore. "... Hindenburg Research has given reports on 15 other institutions in different countries. But no other country has said that the report was against the country. "When we are talking about Adani, it becomes against the country. I am confused. We have started calling India 'Bharat', now what is the next progress? If talking against Adani is talking against India, I really want a clarification," Kanimozhi asserted. The Thoothuk
Tamil Nadu Governor R N Ravi's assertion that the concept of Dravidian covers the people of southern states but it has now become a Tamil identity due to politics of division, was dismissed by the ruling DMK as a statement coming from a "RSS man" and not from one holding a gubernatorial position. The opposition AIADMK, however, endorsed the Governor's view saying the Dravidian origin encompasses the geographical territory of the five states in the south of the country, and that the DMK was indulging in political rhetoric to serve its purpose. Speaking at the inaugural of a two-day programme on 'Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat - Connecting India' series held at the Raj Bhavan here on Monday, the Governor said India was a name given to the country. "In order to understand this nation, one has to understand Bharat, whose several thousands of years of civilisation gives us pride," he said. "Unfortunately, during British rule, we got divided. Later, we started getting fragmented on political