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CPI accuses MPs of delaying schemes

PUDUCHERRY: The Communist Party of India on Tuesday accused Rajya Sabha Member V. Narayanasamy of the Congress and Lok Sabha Member M. Ramadass of the Pattali Makkal Katchi of not taking adequate steps to help the Union Territory gain more Central assistance.

Party’s national council member R. Viswanathan told reporters here that the two MPs had been “attempting to delay” implementation of some welfare schemes, including the one to issue house site pattas to genuine beneficiaries.

He cited an example of “their role” in opposing issue of pattas to 21 displaced people at Kottupalayam in the Reddiarpalayam constituency represented by him in the Assembly. The East Coast Road project on the Pakkamudayanpattu stretch became possible only because of the displacement of the locals who were assured of alternate house sites. Mr. Narayanasamy had “opposed issue of pattas alleging irregularities” in the selection of beneficiaries, while Mr. Ramadass expressed his reservations through a letter to the Government.

Following objections, all house site pattas issued on October 27 were returned to the Revenue Department with a plea that they be re-issued after the eligibility of the beneficiaries was ascertained, Mr. Viswanathan said. The personnel of the departments concerned upheld the genuineness of the beneficiaries after a scrutiny.

Instead of delaying the execution of welfare projects, both the MPs should strive for implementation of schemes such as re-distribution of 950 hectares of surplus land acquired through land reform for the benefit of landless farmers. They should also stand up for the introduction of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme in the Union Territory.

Flaying their stand on the issue relating to autonomy for the Jawaharlal Institute of Post-Graduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), he said the Bill was introduced in Parliament even after the PMK MP elicited the views of the representatives of political parties.

Though the CPI was not keen about the nomenclature of the JIPMER, it would ask the government to ensure that free treatment was provided to the people, quota created for the local students in the institute and the staff of the Group C and D were treated as government employees.

Though the two Communist parties had identical views on the issue, the CPI was unable to join hands with the CPI(M) as it had been opposing the Bill, along with the Bharatiya Janata Party and the All-India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam.

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