Chennai: The AIADMK organ 'Namadhu MGR' on Saturday came out with a poem depicting a conflict between the demands that should be placed by the party to vote for the BJP in the Presidential elections. Whether to ask for a vice-president of the party's choice or to ask the Centre to fulfil the demands of the state on various pressing problems like the Cauvery Management Board and Neduvasal hydrocarbon project.
Listing the woes of the state under the BJP government, the poem asserted that the world had come to know that the AIADMK's role in Presidential elections is paramount. It said the AIADMK is patient on the Centre's refusal to form the Cauvery Management Board and the rejection of a request for exemption from Neet. It said the party government's accepted Udhay scheme to respect federalism and the GST for the country's welfare despite a great loss to the state.
It also pointed out that the Centre denied relief for drought, Vardah cyclone, flood, but the state did not fight over it and continued to be friendly.
The Centre refused to continue excavation at Keezhadi, but bent on implementing the Neduvasal hydrocarbon project, the poem said. It also said the Centre failed to set up AIIMS at the right time and added that the AIADMK is facing them with dignity.
“Will the Presidential elections give the state a solution for its problems or a vice president post”, the poem ended. The AIADMK is said to be pushing for former Chief Justice P. Satha-sivam, now serving as Kerala Governor to be elected to the vice president post.
