Chennai: “We are not opposed to placing a pen memorial to Karunanidhi, we accept it. But it should not be placed in the sea. We strongly condemn and oppose it. That is the position of Nam Tamilar Party,” said Seeman, chief coordinator of Nam Tamilar Party. He also issued a warning in this regard.
A hearing meeting of the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board to install a pen memorial of late former Chief Minister and DMK leader M. Karunanidhi in the middle of the sea at Chennai Marina was held on Tuesday (Jan. 31) at the Kalaiwanar Hall under the chairmanship of the District Collector. Naam Tamilar Party chief coordinator Seeman, who attended the meeting, presented a letter to the District Collector protesting the pen memorial. There was an uproar in the arena as Seaman spoke. However, he spoke against placing the idol in the sea.
Later he came out and met the reporters. At that time he said: “It is very rude to hold a meeting in the name of people’s opinion meeting, accept opinions in favor of them, and if they express an opposing opinion, then shout against it. Why should we hold an opinion meeting in the name of a party meeting? So, first of all, I will violently stop that action. condemn
We are not opposed to putting pen memorial to Sir Karunanidhi, we agree. However, it should not be placed in the sea. We vehemently condemn and oppose it. That is the position of Naam Tamilar Party. It can have a huge impact on the environment. They will go 360 meters into the sea and cover an area of 8551.13 square meters. They take almost half an acre in the sea. Stone and earth should be poured into the sea and the pen should be installed on it. People who go to visit it throw away plastic etc.
It is said that there is already garbage and plastic waste in our sea as much as the land area of India. If you look at everything washed ashore, there is only plastic waste. In this environment it can cause major environmental damage. You build a memorial hall, put it in front of it. Put before the intellect who will oppose you. A statue for the pen that does not write. It is rational. It is superstition if you bow down with a writing pen during Ayudha Puja. See what kind of thinking, theory.
Where is the Rs 81 crore coming from for the government, which is collecting funds for renovating the school halls by saying that it has no funds? “If the idol of Valluvar is placed there, the rock was already there,” said Seeman.
When asked what he would do if the statue was installed, he warned, “I will fight hard to prevent the installation of the statue. If it is installed after that, one day we will not know where it is.”
Earlier, when Seeman, who had attended the hearing, came to the stage to deliver his remarks, Nam Tamil party members clapped and whistled and cheered. Likewise, the DMK members who came to the meeting protested against Seeman’s speech and shouted. This caused a stir there. Speaking on the stage, Seeman said, “You are taking 8551.13 square meters in the sea. If you want to put a pen in it, you have to dump stones and soil. Due to the pressure caused by this, the coral reefs there will be affected.”
Seaman then said, “What are you concerned about? It was wrong to bury you on the beach. You put the pen, one day I will come and break it. Who? They should put the pen in the sea. There is no money to repair the school, where does the money come from to put the pen.
Why put it in front of the Anna Institute, you have built a memorial, put it there, they will put it in the sea. 13 fishing villages will be affected. Livelihood of my fishermen will be affected. When he came here in the name of ‘Summa Meenava Sangam’, ‘All Meenava Sangam’, ‘All India Fishermen’s Sangam’ and talked about something that nothing would be affected by this,” the DMK kept shouting and asked the seaman to stop talking.
Seeman then said, “If you tell me to go, will I go? The environment will be affected. So we oppose, oppose, oppose putting pen in the sea. So I will fight hard until it is stopped. This is for sure.” This caused an uproar in the crowd.