Stalin lashes out at state on farmers’ suicide

Stalin appealed to the party youth wing leaders to participate in large numbers in the human chain agitation planned to be held next week. He said both the Centre and state had put people through inexplicable hardship. “The state has not been functioning even after O Panneerselvam took over from the CM on her hospitalisation,” he said.  Speaking to reporters he reiterated that the government under the AIADMK had come to a standstill. When the scribes drew his attention to AIADMK MPs raking up Cauvery, jallikattu and demonetisation issues in the Parliament, the DMK treasurer said that the DMK members would continue to voice their views in the Parliament. When asked about farmers’ suicide, he said “the question be better put to the Chief Minister who is reportedly shifted to a normal ward from ICU or the Finance Minister to whom the CM’s portfolios have been divested or the state Agriculture Minister.”