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Short Assembly session reflects anti-people policies: Varadarajan

By Our Special Correspondent

CUDDALORE, JULY 22. By curtailing the present Assembly session to just eight days, the Jayalalithaa Government has proved yet again that it is still sticking to the anti-people and anti-democratic policies, the Communist Party of India (Marxist) State secretary, N. Varadarajan, charged today.

Addressing a press conference here, Mr. Varadarajan said the Assembly had many crucial issues to debate, such as the malaise in the education system, the Cauvery tangle and the confusion over admission to professional courses.

The last session was held only for a week, and even then the Opposition was not permitted to air its views on crucial problems confronting the people.

The constituents of the United Progressive Alliance now had the onus of disproving the claim of the Chief Minister, Jayalalithaa, that the Congress-led Central Government was inactive.

He said the Assembly session should go on for at least one month, and for a minimum of 100 days in a year.

He asked the Speaker, Kalimuthu, what had prevented him from commencing the session on July 1.

Demand for grants

There were 40 demands for grants and going by the time at the disposal of the Assembly, on an average about 12-15 demands were to be cleared each day.

The CPI (M) leader said that instead the Assembly could pass a vote on account, as there was no constitutional bar on the number of such measures. Mr. Varadarajan said after the rout in the Lok Sabha election, the Jayalalithaa Government had come out with certain concessions to hoodwink the people.

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