The AIADMK will hold a series of public meetings on October 17, 20 and 26 across the State to mark the completion of the golden jubilee celebration of the party’s formation.
The party’s interim general secretary, Edappadi K. Palaniswami, will address a meeting in Namakkal on October 17. This was announced by the party’s propaganda secretary, M. Thambi Durai, in a release on Saturday.
OPS welcomes ordinance
Meanwhile, in a tweet, the party’s former coordinator O. Panneerselvam welcomed the promulgation of an ordinance to ban online gambling and online games of chance and claimed that this marked the victory for the “persistent efforts” of the AIADMK.
In a statement, he deplored the reported move of the DMK regime of appointing “special teachers” for 2,381 kindergarten classes for 11 months and on a pay of ₹5,000.
Describing the pay fixation as against the natural justice, Mr. Panneerselvam said this meant ₹166 per day, whereas the daily rate, fixed under the law on minimum wages for all types of workers, was ₹300 and the daily wage given under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme was ₹281. He demanded that the monthly pay for the “special teachers” be fixed at at least ₹10,000 and the teachers be appointed on a regular basis.
In a series of tweets, AMMK general secretary, T.T.V. Dhinakaran, referred to the alleged corruption in the execution of road projects in Karur and wondered whether the Chief Minister and Highways Minister would give explanation.
