DMK treasurer and Opposition leader M.K. Stalin on
Tuesday said he would not hesitate to approach the courts if the
government fails to utilise the MLA funds in his constituency properly.
After
inspecting various parts of Kolathur from where he has been elected for
the second time to the Assembly, Mr. Stalin told reporters that he
would continue to visit the constituency to check the progress of
ongoing works.
On the use of MLA funds, Mr. Stalin
said he had raised the issue in the Assembly during the discussion on
the Governor’s address for which the Minister concerned did not give
proper reply. “I am ready to approach the courts in this regard,” he
said.
For the past five years, Mr. Stalin has been
complaining that the civic officials were not fully utilising the MLA
funds in his constituency. Through the social media, he had urged
Kolathur residents to suggest how best the funds could be used to help
the community so that it could be assigned on priority basis.
On
Tuesday, he inspected several places. After an inspection of the lake
at G.K.M. Nagar, Mr. Stalin said the waterbody has to be restored or
else the entire area would get flooded during the rains. As MLA, he had
asked the officials to take action immediately, Mr. Stalin said.
Besides,
Mr. Stalin also urged the officials to lay underground power cables in
Anjugam Nagar, Thalamuthu Nagar, Kumaran Nagar, V.V. Nagar as overhead
cables snapped often leading to electrocution. Piling of garbage near
the Villivakkam railway gate and sewage channels in Tiruvalluvar Nagar
were also a cause for concern. Officials have been informed and they
have promised action, Mr. Stalin said. On Chief Minister Jayalalithaa
issuing a statement only for the murder of an AIADMK councillor when
Chennai city was witnessing a spate of murders, Mr. Stalin said, “That
is how Jayalalithaa feels”.
On the sale of chocolates
laced with drugs and the “deteriorating law and order situation” in the
State, he said, “There is no law and order.”
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