Minister Nirmalkumar Addressing the media after the review meeting held at Meenakshi Sundareshwarar Temple
Because he was an outsider,” Nirmalkumar said, dMK has fielded a candidate like him merely to claim later that the defeat was.
Everyone maintains that he (Stalin) was not detained under MISA,” the minister told reporters after a review meeting held at Meenakshi Sundareshwarar Temple. On allegations by some Tamil organisations that Tamil Oduvars were being sidelined, he said there will be no discrimination of any kind. “The controversy centres around whether or not he (Stalin) was arrested and imprisoned under MISA Act. “Everyone who was actually imprisoned under MISA Act possesses a detention order; does Stalin have one. It seems he might be the only ‘martyr’ without a detention order. There is no point in repeatedly projecting him as a martyr,” he added. Regarding the upcoming byelections in Maduranthakam and Dharapuram, the minister claimed both DMK and AIADMK candidates will lose their deposits. “DMK nominee I Paranthamen failed to gain traction even in his own area, Egmore. He has never visited that constituency. DMK has fielded someone who was not accepted in his own locality in Maduranthakam. If he fails to save his deposit, he alone will be to blame. “The HR&CE department will implement arrangements as planned. Unnecessary allegations should be avoided. He refused to comment on the protest by left parties against the proposed new secretariat project at Pattinapakkam.
Madurai: Escalating the controversy over former chief minister M K Stalin ’s detention under Maintenance of Internal Security Act (MISA), law and energy minister C T R Nimalkumar on Saturday questioned the absence of a detention order, and asked why DMK leaders were reacting strongly to the issue.