PMK president Anbumani Ramadoss walked into a consultative meeting held by the State government as an ‘uninvited guest’ at the Secretariat in Chennai on Tuesday on the contentious issue of land acquisition by Neyveli Lignite Corporation India Limited for expanding its mines in Cuddalore district.
The meeting was attended by Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister M.R.K. Panneerselvam, Industries Minister Thangam Thennarasu, Labour Welfare and Skill Development Minister C.V. Ganesan, Chief Secretary V. Irai Anbu and other officials and people’s elected representatives.
Sources close to Dr. Ramadoss claimed there were attempts to persuade him against attending the meeting, as someone “strongly opposing acquisition of fertile agricultural lands in Neyveli”, but he refused to heed the plea.
