Farmers Movement Archive

Stalin gets rousing reception in city, leaves for Salem to protest

Coimbatore: DMK president M K Stalin was given a rousing reception when he arrived in the city on Friday evening en route to Salem.Stalin was received by DMK deputy general secretary A Raja and other leaders at the Coimbatore airport. As Stalin walked out of the airport, many cadres gathered outside cheered him. Stalin then left for Salem on road, where he is scheduled to participate in a protest against the three new farm laws brought by the Centre. All along the route too, DMK cadres had gathered to greet him. At Salem, party leader Selvaganapathy welcomed him with scores of cadres. While Stalin would lead the protest in Salem, similar protests would be held in other district headquarters too. In Coimbatore and Tirupur, the black flag protest would be held on Saturday morning. Meanwhile, in Coimbatore DMK MLA N Karthik slammed the state government for launching multiple flyover projects in the city simultaneously causing traffic congestion in all the arterial roads. Karthik said that the AIADMK government was implementing these multi-crore projects with an eye on the assembly election without giving due consideration for design and longevity of the flyovers. It was because of the hasty implementation that the Gandhipuram flyover’s design was flawed, he alleged. He also pointed out that all the key roads in the city were congested because of flyover work and Avinashi Road flyover work would aggravate the situation.

The Times of India

2020-12-05

Coimbatore