Centre’s power promise not fulfilled yet: Sarath

Vellore: Union minister of state in the Prime Minister’s Of­­­fice Narayanasamy who has been telling the media that Tamil Nadu wo­uld get 1,000 MW po­wer from the Kudan­k­ulam power station, had not done so yet, said AI­S­MK leader and Ten­kasi constituency MLA R. Sarath Kumar, who was here on Thursday to ina­ugurate VIT Uni­versity 90.8 FM Community Ra­dio and a multimedia and animation studio at the university complex.

When asked about the AISMK party’s support to the ruling AIADMK party in the Parlia­me­ntary elections, he said that they would continue to do so. He added th­at his party had not ta­ken any decision in asking for seats to contest in the coming Lok Sabha elections and it was left to the decision of AIA­DMK leader Jayal­ali­thaa.

When the need arose, his party would appr­oach the leader at an ap­pr­opriate time. As for the victory of the Aam Aa­dmi party in the New Delhi Assembly elections and forming its go­v­ernment, Sarath Ku­mar said that its impact on the state remained to be seen. “I personally feel that it may not have any impact at all in Ta­mil Nadu,” he added.

Regarding  the fishermen’s issue with the Sri Lankan government, Sa­r­ath Kumar  did not foresee any amicable solution. The Tamil Nadu fi­sh­ermen’s issue was not being viewed as a ‘na­tional issue’. The politi­ci­ans in the north alw­a­ys dubbed it a Ta­mil issue.

The DMDK leader Vijayakanth should take a proper stand if he wa­nted to oppose any government, he should do it within the alliance pa­rty, Sarath Kumar said.